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08KABUL3277	AFGHANISTAN: IMF MISSION GIVES DOWNBEAT ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) An IMF staff mission has conducted the fifth review of Afghan performance under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Fund (PRGF) program and found shortcomings. Their overall message was that GIRoA performance under the program, especially its fiscal aspects, is slipping and political-leve [...]	2008-12-23 12:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID IMF PGOV AF

08KABUL3290	AFGHAN FINANCE, FOREIGN MINISTRIES SAY RECC STILL "TBD" [...] (SBU) Deputy Finance Minister Wahidullah Sharani (and now acting Minister of Commerce and Industry) said dates are "still under consideration" for the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference (RECC),and the jury is out on just when Kabul might commit to a specific time or venue. Sharani's res [...]	2008-12-28 10:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAID EFIN AF
08KABUL3334	AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION TRUST FUND (ARTF) [...] At the December 17 Quarterly Donors meeting, the Afghan government met with donors to discuss the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF). The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) and the ARTF donors approved a proposal to reform the Recurrent Cost Window of the ART [...]	2008-12-30 07:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD ECON AF FAS
08KABUL409	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL BIDEN TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Last year produced solid gains on the battlefield against the insurgency, on the economy, on local governance and on reinvigorated army and police train and equip programs. These gains reflect a surge in U.S. assistance in FY 2007 (more than in FY 2002-2006 combined) as well as a more [...]	2008-02-19 09:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PTER EAID AF
08KABUL455	JCMB VII - TOKYO POLITICAL DIRECTOR'S MEETING ON AFGANISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 5 in Tokyo, Japanese Foreign Minister Komura, Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta, and Acting Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary-General at the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Asplund kicked off the annual Political Director (PD)-level [...]	2008-02-24 12:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OTRA PREL AF
08KABUL461	AFGHANISTAN - JCMB VII DISCUSSES AN INTEGRATED STRATEGY AND [...] SUMMARY: Convened in Tokyo, Japan, the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) held its second session at the Political Directors' level (JCMB-PD) on February 5, and its seventh regular session (JCMB-VII) on February 6, 2008. The Political Directors considered a discussion paper that [...]	2008-02-25 05:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID OTRA SNAR PREL AF
08KABUL566	KUNDUZ DAIRY FACTORY LOOKS FOR BUYER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kunduz dairy factory, the largest example of private investment in the city since the fall of the Taliban, is contemplating a sale to a local investor. The USD 8 million factory has never been used due to high input costs, low market price for dairy products and limited dema [...]	2008-03-05 10:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON AF
08KABUL71	2007 IN REVIEW [...] (SBU) 2007 was a year of important progress, but also continued challenge. The good news was on the battlefield, the economy, and strengthened local and national institutions. The bad news was increased terrorism, increased drug cultivation, and corruption. Afghanistan already is seeing leade [...]	2008-01-07 08:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID SNAR ECON KPAO PREF AF
08KABUL757	AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN BRIDGE IMPROVES TRADE AND RELATIONS [...] (U) This report has been co-drafted with U.S. Embassy Dushanbe. 2. (SBU) Summary: Afghan and Tajikistani officials have agreed on several steps to improve operations at the Afghanistan-Tajikistan Bridge. Afghan vehicle traffic to Tajikistan has increased seven-fold and border tax revenue te [...]	2008-03-25 13:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID AF TI
08KABUL814	AF: Japanese Interested in Funding Training of Afghan [...] (SBU) On March 30 the Charge, accompanied by EconCouns, reviewed with visiting Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Ken Sasae and Japanese Ambassador to Afghanistan Hideo Sato Japan's plans for assistance to Afghanistan. Sasae reaffirmed Japan's commitment to completing its portion of the Kandah [...]	2008-04-01 10:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV AF FR
08KAMPALA1084	UGANDA: REGIONAL EXPORTS ON THE RISE [...] SUMMARY: Ugandan exports increased by 40 percent to USD 1.34 billion in 2007 due to an improved regional trading environment and high commodity prices. Exports to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and southern Sudan rose to USD 100 million and USD 157 million, representing a 127 percent [...]	2008-08-05 05:04:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECIN ECON PREL EFIN UG
08KAMPALA1383	The Global Financial Crisis and Uganda: Safe for Now, But [...] (SBU) Summary: Economists and bankers in Uganda believe the global financial crisis will have little impact on economic growth this year, but could lead to slower growth over the medium term if the crisis results in a global recession. Should the latter unfold, Uganda's economy would be vulne [...]	2008-10-15 07:06:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PREL UG
08KAMPALA1391	UGANDA: 2008 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] Country: Uganda 2. Current AGOA Status: Eligible 3. Country Background Summary: After two decades of broad-based economic growth and political stability, Uganda is now confronting a range of economic and governance challenges as it tries to sustain and deepen economic growth and deve [...]	2008-10-16 13:53:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	AGOA ETRD PGOV KCOR EINV ECON UG
08KAMPALA1431	AFRICAN LEADERS LAUNCH CONTINENT'S LARGEST ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The leaders of 26 African countries agreed in Kampala on October 22 to begin work establishing a new economic community to compete more effectively in the global economy. The joint declaration of the First COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit calls for a merger of the three econom [...]	2008-10-24 08:48:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD EINV ECON PGOV XA
08KAMPALA1451	FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT DEMARCHE: UGANDA ASKS FOR [...] Econoff delivered points in reftel to Laurence Kizza, Director of Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development and Arapta Mangusho, acting head of the Department of Multilateral Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Both Kizza and Mangusho stated that the Ug [...]	2008-11-04 12:12:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PREL UG UN
08KAMPALA1553	UGANDA RESPONSE TO PROPOSED GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) Econoff shared reftel talking points with Isaac Sebulime, Director of the Multilateral Organizations and Treaties Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sebulime said he would confer with other government ministries before commenting substantively on the proposal. Post plans to fol [...]	2008-12-02 06:06:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV UG
08KAMPALA1611	UGANDA'S POPULATION BOOM JEOPARDIZES DEVELOPMENT GAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Two new demographic studies in Uganda show that the country has one of the highest population growth rates in the world, creating a demographic time bomb which threatens to undermine Uganda's recent economic gains and political stability. According to one study, Uganda's popula [...]	2008-12-17 12:33:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PINS PGOV PREL UG
08KAMPALA588	UGANDAN PRESIDENT DECRIES EAC'S INFRASTUCTURE NEEDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Yoweri Museveni opened the "First Strategic Retreat for East African Community (EAC) Ministers" on April 17 by reminding his audience that China, which lacked political freedom, was nevertheless booming economically. He decried the EAC's infrastructure deficiencies, in [...]	2008-04-29 07:35:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ECIN EAID ENRG ETRD PGOV UG
08KARACHI357	KARACHI - STATE BANK RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-05 06:42:00	Consulate Karachi	SECRET	ECON EFIN ETTC KNNP MNUC PREL PTER PK
08KARACHI358	KARACHI -- SENATOR CASEY MEETING WITH STATE BANK [...] (C) Summary: On May 27, U.S. Senator Robert Casey (D- PA) and the Consul General (CG) met with State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Dr. Shamshad Akhtar. Dr. Akhtar said that the country's economy is suffering from rising oil prices and suggested creation of a lending pool for developing c [...]	2008-06-05 06:44:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAGR EPET ECON PGOV PREL PK
08KARACHI451	KARACHI - TRANSPORTERS GO ON STIKE DEMANDING RATE [...] (C) Summary: Members of KarachiQs mass transportation union, the Karachi Transport Ittahad (KTI),went on strike on July 22 to demand provincial government approval of a fare increase to compensate for a sharp increase in fuel costs. The strike ended the same day after meetings between KTI [...]	2008-07-26 13:49:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI ECON ENGY PGOV PK
08KARACHI466	KARACHI - MUSHARAFF MEETS WITH BUSINESS COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: The Consul General (CG) was briefed by Majyd Aziz, a Karachi textile manufacturer, who attended meetings between President Pervez Musharraf and the city,s business leaders during his August 1)4 visit to Karachi. Musharraf first held a private meeting on August 2 with a small gr [...]	2008-08-05 06:29:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL PTER PK
08KARACHI501	SINDH - KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE HITS 33 MONTH LOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Share values on the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) plunged to a 33-month low by the end of trading on August 27, to close at 9,144.93, down 285.36 points for the day. Despite media reports of civil unrest outside the exchange, police and KSE officials confirmed there was no vio [...]	2008-08-28 14:27:00	Consulate Karachi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PK
08KARACHI512	KARACHI - MARKET MAY DROP, GOP REFORMS HELPING BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an August 30 dinner, Karachi businessman and Honorary Consul for Yemen Ikhtiar Baig, a confidant of GOP Finance Minister Naveed Qamar, spoke to the Consul General (CG) about the proposed USD 6 billion Saudi Arabia credit for deferred oil payments. A leading stock broker and [...]	2008-09-05 08:57:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI ECON EFIN PK
08KARACHI600	SINDH - DESPITE GOP CLAIM POWER OUTAGES CONTINUE IN [...] (SBU) Summary. An official with the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) disagreed with a GOP statement that the frequent power outages had ended on November 1. Members of Karachi's major trade associations agreed with his assessment, but expected the frequency of the outages to decrease - [...]	2008-11-10 11:49:00	Consulate Karachi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV ECON PK
08KARACHI636	KARACHI - STOCK EXCHANGE DIRECTOR FEARS MASSIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 11, the Managing Director of the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) forecast a massive decline in stock values once the KSE price floor is removed, which he said could be as soon as December 15. According to him, Morgan Stanley has notified KSE that it will remove Pakis [...]	2008-12-11 11:43:00	Consulate Karachi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SOCI PK
08KARACHI653	PROCTOR AND GAMBLE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Patterson traveled to PakistanQs largest city, Karachi, to attend the groundbreaking of a new Proctor and Gamble (P&G) factory in Port Qasim with Karachi Consul General on December 18. P&G will hire 700 new employees to work in the plant and estimates it may help [...]	2008-12-24 08:01:00	Consulate Karachi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SOCI PK
08KARACHI654	KARACHI NEIGHBORHOOD STRUCK BY "OIL RAIN" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Eastern Karachi area of Korangi experienced what residents are calling "oil rain" on Wednesday night, December 17. A pipeline carrying crude oil that passes through the neighborhood from the nearby Port of Karachi was damaged by maintenance workers from Sui Southern Gas [...]	2008-12-24 10:32:00	Consulate Karachi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SOCI PK
08KATHMANDU1016	NEPAL: PM DAHAL AFFIRMS DESIRE TO WORK WITH U.S. [...] (C) On September 9, in her first meeting with Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal since he took office, the Ambassador reviewed a range of bilateral issues between the United States and Nepal and sought his support. These ran the spectrum from stopping human rights violations by the Maoists' Young Co [...]	2008-09-11 12:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF ECON EAID ENRG SNAR
08KATHMANDU1048	SCENESETTER AND TALKING POINTS FOR MEETING WITH [...] (C) During your meeting with Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal on the margins of the 63rd UN General Assembly, you should raise the following issues: (1) Government of Nepal (GON) plans; (2) progress in the peace process and UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) operations; (3) reining in the Maoist Young Com [...]	2008-09-19 09:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON EINV MARR PREF KSEC
08KATHMANDU1110	NEPAL: NEW GOVERNMENT UNVEILS AMBITIOUS BUDGET [...] (U) On September 19, Nepal's new Finance Minister, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, presented an ambitious budget of NRs 236 billion (USD 3.2 billion) -- 40 percent higher than last year's budget. Bhattarai stated that the policy priorities for the budget were completion of the peace process and immedi [...]	2008-10-03 09:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV KDEM PREL IN NP
08KATHMANDU1184	NEPAL MCC SCORECARD DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 09:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC NP
08KATHMANDU1243	NEPAL: LABOR WOES FOR COLGATE-PALMOLIVE [...] (C) After over a decade of operations in Nepal, Colgate-Palmolive announced at its Hetauda factory on November 21 that it had sold its entire interest in the Nepal operation to a private company. The agreement included the express understanding that all employees of the company would continue [...]	2008-11-28 09:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ELAB NP
08KATHMANDU1265	MAOIST-LED GOVERNMENT AFTER 100 DAYS: NEW NEPAL [...] (C) With few exceptions, Nepal's Maoist-led government has done little in the roughly 100 days since the coalition's formation in August to transform Nepal. From the cabinet, to foreign policy, the peace process, human rights and law and order, the Terai and the economy, the government's recor [...]	2008-12-05 08:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ECON ELAB IN CH NP
08KATHMANDU1310	NEPAL: IMF/WORLD BANK CONTEMPLATING BUDGET [...] (C) The new Maoist-led Government of Nepal (GON) made a formal request to both the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank for budget support during the financial institutions' annual meetings in Washington in October. Neither organization will consider budget support until a new [...]	2008-12-24 07:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN EINT EINV ELAB EIND NP
08KATHMANDU26	TERRORISM FINANCE: SYRIA/LEBANON DESIGNATIONS [...] On January 3 and 7, Emboff delivered reftel information regarding the U.S. domestic designation of Syrian and Lebanese individuals to Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Bhattarai reviewed the information and said t [...]	2008-01-08 06:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KTFN PREL PTER SY LE NP
08KATHMANDU297	CONGRESSIONALLY-MANDATED REPORT ON FISCAL [...] As requested reftel, post is providing an updated fiscal transparency and accountability report. Nepal's Budget Is Public ------------------------ 2. (U) Nepalese law requires that the Government of Nepal (GON) publish its annual budget. The budget is first presented to the Parliament f [...]	2008-03-14 11:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL NP
08KATHMANDU463	NEPAL: MAOISTS PARTNER WITH BUSINESS COMMUNITY [...] (C) Over the last year, growing insecurity, labor problems and an uncertain political future led many investors in Nepal to hedge their bets. Over NRs 40 billion (USD 635 million) is thought to have been transferred out of the country over the last six months. With the news of the Maoist-le [...]	2008-04-25 08:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ELAB EAID PGOV PTER SCUL IN NP
08KATHMANDU479	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] Nepal's population is particularly vulnerable to food insecurity and the rising cost of food equates to increased hunger in Nepal. Over the last few decades Nepal has become a food deficit country. Yields per hectare have not kept pace with the population growth. In fact, Nepal has the low [...]	2008-05-01 05:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PREF IN NP
08KATHMANDU531	NEPAL'S OIL CRISIS DEEPENS [...] (SBU) Nearly a month after the Constituent Assembly Election, Nepal is again facing major fuel shortages and the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC),Nepal's sole source of petroleum products, is again seeking payment. On April 28, the Nepal Oil Corporation was only able to make a partial payment; [...]	2008-05-09 10:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ENRG ECON ETRD EFIN EPET NP
08KATHMANDU563	NEPAL SCENESETTER FOR SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM [...] (C) You are arriving in Kathmandu during a historic transition. Nepal will likely complete its two-year long evolution from a kingdom to a republic within days of your arrival, but many other central issues remain unresolved. The Maoists won the largest share of the April 10 Constituent Assem [...]	2008-05-21 12:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID PREF KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU580	NEPAL SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POSITIONS FOR ICAO MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 09:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER XA XF XB XG XD XL
08KATHMANDU669	NEPAL RESTRICTS WHEAT EXPORTS TO PROTECT CONSUMERS [...] (U) In June 4 meetings with the Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce and Supplies and the Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Emboffs urged the Government of Nepal (GON) to remove the existing export ban on wheat and rice. A representative from the World Bank joined in the meeting with [...]	2008-06-11 07:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON EAID TBIO IN NP
08KATHMANDU679	NEPAL: STEEP HIKES IN PRICES OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS [...] (U) On June 9, the Government of Nepal (GON) directed the state-owned Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) to raise the price of petroleum products; including petrol, diesel, kerosene and cooking gas. (NOTE: The price of aviation fuel was already increased twice in the last two months, first on May 13 [...]	2008-06-13 10:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD PGOV KDEM IN NP
08KATHMANDU682	NEPAL TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR CODEX [...] (U) On June 2, per reftel Post sent a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with copies to the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC),requesting the Government of Nepal's (GON's) support for the U.S. nominee to chair the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex),Dr. Karen [...]	2008-06-16 10:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO NP
08KATHMANDU807	NEPAL: SPECIAL BUDGET BILL PASSED [...] (U) On July 15, the last day of the Nepali fiscal year, and in the absence of a new fiscal year budget, the Constituent Assembly (CA) passed a special Advance and Expenditure Bill (the Bill). The Bill authorizes new government expenditures of up to NRs 73.54 billion (USD 1.07 billion) and rev [...]	2008-07-17 08:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV KDEM PREL IN NP
08KHARTOUM1035	BANK OF KHARTOUM REQUESTS GUIDANCE ON DELISTING AS SDN [...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 5. 2. (SBU) On July 10, Embassy was approached by Fadi Salim al Faqih, General Manager of the commercial Bank of Khartoum, on what actions the Bank might take and what procedures it should follow to be removed from the list of Specially Designated [...]	2008-07-10 12:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1171	Sudanese Banking Sector: Bad Loans Persist, but Foreign [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 17 July, local daily "Al-Rayaam" ran a story outlining problems of embezzlement and bad debts in the Sudanese banking sector, where an estimated 22% of all loans are deemed to be non-performing. Despite successive economic reforms over the past two decades, the volume of non [...]	2008-08-04 08:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SU
08KHARTOUM1257	THE EASTERN FRONT: LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS AND [...] (C) On August 17 poloffs met representatives of the Free Lions Organization of Khartoum State to discuss reports that Eastern Front Chairman Musa Mohamed Ahmed had been stripped of his leadership. The representatives denied this was the case, describing instead a leadership squabble in which E [...]	2008-08-18 15:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON SU
08KHARTOUM1291	PESSIMISTIC WORLD BANK COUNTRY MANAGER REVIEWS SUDAN'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Outgoing World Bank Country Manager Asif Faiz worries that Khartoum is not thinking through the potential economic fallout in crafting its strategy to counter a possible ICC indictment of President al-Bashir. Nor is the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) in Juba focusing on the e [...]	2008-08-25 14:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR EAID PGOV PREL PINR IBRD SU
08KHARTOUM1390	INFLUENTIAL NCP STRATEGIST CALLS FOR SERIOUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1394	SUDAN - NORWEGIAN IDEAS ON JOINT OIL-REVENUE [...] (U) This is an action request ) see para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: According to Norwegian oil advisor Hannevik, the NCP already appears on board to participate in talks to separate sharing of Abyei oil revenues from the . The SPLM seems more ambivalent, but still interested. He envisions focu [...]	2008-09-14 10:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN UN
08KHARTOUM1415	SUDAN - USCG ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT [...] (C) CDA Fernandez delivered talking points and dipnote with text of letter from Coast Guard RADM Salerno (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under-Secretary Mutriff Siddiq on September 15. The letter was addressed to Foreign Minister Alor. U/S Siddiq acknowledged the sensitivity of allowing [...]	2008-09-18 06:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KPKO PGOV PTER KHLS ECON SU
08KHARTOUM1416	LEADING BUSINESSMAN ON SUDAN'S AGRICULTURE SECTOR, [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation, Sudanese business magnate Osama Daoud outlined a project to gradually develop as much as 1.26 million acres in northern Sudan for agricultural production. Daoud sees Sudan,s agricultural potential as immense, but says that it currently has far to [...]	2008-09-18 06:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EINV EAID PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1431	SUDAN - USCG ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT APPROVAL [...] (C) The GOS has approved the October visit of the USCG assessment team, NISS liaison Col. Osman Muktar told Station Chief September 21. 2. (C) Col. Muktar said the GOS would not provide approval notification through MFA channels. Muktar requested additional details about the assessment tea [...]	2008-09-22 07:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KPKO PGOV PTER KHLS ECON SU
08KHARTOUM1456	NORTH-SOUTH FOREX TRANSFER DISPUTE CONTINUES [...] (SBU) In a September 25 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS) Governor Dr. Sabir Mohamed Hassan asserted that the Bank of Southern Sudan's (BOSS) refusal to transfer excess foreign currency reserves to Khartoum was a clear violation of the CPA that was hampering his ability t [...]	2008-09-28 11:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR EAID PGOV PREL PINR IBRD SU
08KHARTOUM147	GOS STRENGTHENS MINISTRY OF FINANCE, IMPROVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 29 meeting with emboffs, Wabel Abdallah, the Sudan resident representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF),stated that the recent firing of the Undersecretary at the Ministry of Finance (MOF) is very positive and long overdue. Abdallah stated that this mov [...]	2008-01-31 08:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EPET PHUM PREL PINR SU
08KHARTOUM1484	BOOMING OIL REVENUES PROVIDE SOUTH SUDAN WITH BUDGET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An oil-revenue windfall will more than cancel out mismanagement of budget expenditures in early 2008 and leave the GoSS with a significant fiscal surplus, according to the south Sudan World Bank manager. By year's end the government may have set aside as much as $500 million i [...]	2008-10-06 10:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV SU
08KHARTOUM1566	GOSS FINANCE MINISTER MAWIEN DECLARES INTERIM TRUCE OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 21, GOSS Minister of Finance Kuol Athian Mawien told CDA Fernandez that he has reached a interim solution to the dispute over management of foreign exchange reserves with GNU Minister of Finance and National Economy Dr. Awad Ahmed Aljaz. Both sides have agreed to reve [...]	2008-10-22 09:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR EAID PGOV PREL PINR IBRD SU
08KHARTOUM1578	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CONFIRMS INTERIM AGREEMENT ON FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central Bank of Sudan Governor Sabir Hassan confirmed that there is an interim agreement with the GoSS on the transfer of foreign exchange (FX) held by Bank of Southern Sudan (BOSS),but that the issue "is not resolved." The BoSS is to resume its pre-April transfers of excess [...]	2008-10-24 11:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM163	SUDAN'S OIL - DEBT, DYSFUNCTION, AND DISTRUST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with econoffs from January 24-31, leading oil experts expressed concern about significant northern oil revenue arrears to the south estimated to be between $150-250 million USD. Contacts were also critical of the dysfunctional institutions managing petrol [...]	2008-02-03 14:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
08KHARTOUM1702	OIL EXECUTIVES DOUBT MINISTER'S CLAIM OF 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings from November 18-20, oil industry executives told econoff they were doubtful that Sudan could boost oil production from 500,000 to 600,000 barrels per day in 2009, as claimed recently by Minister of Energy and Mining Zubeir Al Hassan. While increasing production in [...]	2008-11-24 13:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN ASEC KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1714	ABYEI ADMINISTRATION AFTER TWO WEEKS: SO FAR, SO GOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the UN Head of Office for Abyei, the new Abyei Administration has made a good start since its arrival in the area two weeks ago. The Administration has drafted a budget, but is still not receiving the oil revenues promised in the Roadmap Agreement. It also is pre [...]	2008-11-26 11:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID ECON ASEC KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1718	WORLD BANK COUNTRY MANAGER SEES DARK CLOUDS ON SUDAN'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sudan's World Bank Country Manager believes that falling oil prices and production, along with the global financial crisis, will confront Sudan with a "serious reckoning" in the coming two years. While Khartoum already is facing "hard decisions," the position of the autonomous [...]	2008-11-26 14:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC IBRD SU
08KHARTOUM1744	UMMA PARTY LEADER TRYING TO STEER SUDAN AWAY FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Umma Party Leader Sadiq al-Mahdi believes Sudan confronts a choice between "hard and soft landings" as pressure grows on the ruling NCP from various quarters. Al-Mahdi said that Umma is attempting to engage moderates within both the NCP and the opposition to steer Suda [...]	2008-12-03 10:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KDEM AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1765	CITIBANK AND GOSS: OPTIMISM ON ALL SIDES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a three-day visit to South Sudan, officials from Citibank Kenya conducted a series of productive meetings with senior Government of South Sudan (GoSS) officials in an effort to develop a relationship between the Bank of South Sudan (BoSS) and Citibank. As Citibank officials [...]	2008-12-07 13:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1767	ADMINISTRATOR MAYOK DESCRIBES PROGRESS, PROBLEMS IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 6 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Abyei Administrator Arop Mayok described the situation there as "ok, generally." IDPs are returning only slowly, but his Administration is working to reduce Dinka-Misseriya tensions and planning is well underway for this year's m [...]	2008-12-10 13:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID ECON ASEC KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1775	SLM/MM REQUESTS VISIT TO U.S., MEDICAL TREATMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On December 11, SLM/Minnawi (SLM/MM) leaders in Khartoum visited CDA Fernandez requesting U.S. support for a visit to Washington, medical treatment for Minni Minnawi, and discrete funding for a leadership or party conferen [...]	2008-12-13 09:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ASEC KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1779	38th AEC Plenary: Elections, Border Demarcation, and [...] (U) SUMMARY: At its 37th plenary session on December 2, the NCP and SPLM briefed the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) on progress in drafting and adopting key legislation, including new security and media laws, necessary to carry out national elections in 2009. The Power Sharing Work [...]	2008-12-14 09:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID KDEM KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1824	FY 2009 GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY BUDGET: REVENUES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Sudan's FY 2009 budget reflects the impact of falling global oil prices. Revenues are projected to decline about 15 percent, to 18.4 billion Sudanese Pounds (SDG),which is entirely the result of dropping oil revenues. Total expenditures are to remain unchanged from FY 2008 at [...]	2008-12-21 14:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM1835	IMF/WORLD BANK ASSIGN NUMBERS TO SUDAN'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The global economic recession will severely affect Sudan's economy, with South Sudan feeling a significantly greater budget pinch, according to IMF/World Bank analysis. The Bank/Fund calculate that Sudan's current account deficit will more than double (from U.S. $3.9 billion t [...]	2008-12-23 09:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV SOCI IBRD IMF SU
08KHARTOUM191	AEC PLENARY EXPOSES WEAKENED COMMISSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 6, the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 28th plenary session, a meeting consumed with deliberating the terms of reference (TORs) for the mid-term evaluation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). The SPLM supported the use of outside consultant [...]	2008-02-07 08:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
08KHARTOUM193	CORRECTED COPY: AEC PLENARY EXPOSES WEAKENED COMMISSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 5, the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 28th plenary session, a meeting consumed with debating the terms of reference (TORs) for the mid-term evaluation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). The SPLM supported the use of outside consultants to [...]	2008-02-07 12:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
08KHARTOUM216	TENY COMMENTS ON NCP-SPLM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AEC, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a February 11 meeting with econoffs, Angelina Teny, State Minister at the Ministry of Energy and Mining and wife of GoSS Vice President Riek Machar, outlined the SPLM's priorities for the next round of discussions at the joint NCP-SPLM political executive committee, naming [...]	2008-02-12 12:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
08KHARTOUM227	UK AND NORWAY SEE OIL-REVENUE SHARING AS KEY TO MOVING CPA [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 11, U.S., UK and Norwegian emboffs met to discuss a UK proposal to encourage a long-term North-South agreement on oil-revenue sharing. The UK plans two meetings to develop this idea, in Khartoum and in London. Emboffs explained that the U.S. is not able to partici [...]	2008-02-14 07:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG SU
08KHARTOUM230	Investment Minister Manibe on PEC, AEC and CPA Issues [...] (SBU) Summary: GNU Minister of Investment and SPLM insider Kosti Manibe thinks that NCP-SPLM disagreements over the Elections Law and the census will be resolved, but argued that the AEC needs to take a more proactive role in resolving such issues. He outlined SPLM reservations (which the GN [...]	2008-02-14 14:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KDEM PINR SU
08KHARTOUM241	PRESIDENT BASHIR RESHUFFLES CABINET: ALI MARDI OUT, AL-JAZ [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 14, President Bashir shifted more than a quarter of ministerial positions in the cabinet of the Government of National Unity (GNU). In particular, local observers believe that Awad Al-Jaz' shift from Energy to Finance Ministry will strengthen both his own influence [...]	2008-02-19 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON SOCI AU SU
08KHARTOUM258	FEBRUARY 17 ABORTED WEALTH-SHARING WORKING GROUP PLANNING [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the February 17 meeting of the Wealth Sharing Working Group (WSWG),the SPLM representative admitted he was neither prepared, nor qualified to speak on behalf of his party. The NCP accused the AEC secretariat of failing to deliver a document outlining the structure of the mid [...]	2008-02-21 16:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS ECON EAID SU
08KHARTOUM262	GOSS OFFICIAL DISCUSSES OIL PIPELINES, WAR AND PEACE WITH [...] (SBU) (Summary) Consul General Juba met on February 20 with George Achor, Undersecretary in the Ministry of Presidential Affairs, to discuss the GoSS desire to attract American business interests to South Sudan, especially for the construction of a new oil pipeline to the south. The discussion [...]	2008-02-23 14:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM265	GoSS ASKS FOR HELP WITH ROADS [...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: On February 22, GoSS Minister of Roads and Transport David Deng Athorbei paid a call on the Congen to request assistance with the purchase of road building equipment that he said is urgently needed to open up a new road connec [...]	2008-02-24 06:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELNT EAID PREL PGOV SU
08KHARTOUM31	BANK OF SUDAN ANNOUNCES CONVERSION TO EURO CITING U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS) announced on January 7 that it converted its reserves to the euro and other currencies, and that it will no longer use the U.S. dollar for financial transactions. The CBOS named U.S. sanctions as one of the primary reasons for this change. Leadin [...]	2008-01-09 08:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFQ EAID SOCI AU UNSC SU ECON KPKO
08KHARTOUM322	NORTH KORDOFAN STRESSED BY NEIGHBORING DARFUR CONFLICT [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to numerous Sudanese contacts on a recent trip to the North Kordofan cities of El-Obeid and An-Nahud, the Darfur conflict clearly is stressing the neighboring state's economy and infrastructure. Although North Kordofan shares many of the same factors that bred violence [...]	2008-03-04 13:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ECON EAID SOCI MOPS SU
08KHARTOUM367	POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES IN SUDAN'S OIL INDUSTRY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with econoff the week of March 9, oil industry insiders, former government officials, and petroleum experts appeared positive about the political and economic prospects of the Sudanese oil industry: the Norwegian Petroleum Envoy to Sudan stated that he is " [...]	2008-03-12 12:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN ENRG EPET SU
08KHARTOUM374	PARASTATALS - THE REGIME,S GRAY COMPANIES WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese businessmen, former government officials, and American consultants in Sudan separately told econoff that the Sudanese economy is dominated by parastatal companies connected to the Northern ruling elite. One contact, a National Congress Party adherent, ex-manager of th [...]	2008-03-13 13:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EPET PHUM PREL SU
08KHARTOUM391	GOSS LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE REQUESTING INDIVIDUAL [...] The text of the enclosed document was recently passed to poloff in Juba, though the letter is not dated. Original will be passed to Jason Small when he visits Juba next week. 2. Begin text: Government of Southern Sudan, (GOSS) Office of the President H.E. Dr. Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Se [...]	2008-03-16 15:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SU
08KHARTOUM464	NORTH DARFUR'S ECONOMY - UNAMID GIVES A BOOST TO A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Secretary General of North Darfur's Chamber of Commerce, Rashid Mekki, told econoff on March 26 that the presence of UNAMID has given a small boost to the region's struggling economy, particularly the construction, real-estate (with land prices increasing twenty times in f [...]	2008-03-30 13:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO ECON AU EFIN SU
08KHARTOUM524	SPLM'S EDWARD LINO IN ABYEI: ESCALATING TENSIONS, [...] (C) Summary: According to SPLM-appointed Abyei Administrator Edward Lino, the NCP is ratcheting-up tension in Abyei by sending SAF and police reinforcements to the region, and by seeking to incite Misseriya herdsmen against the Ngok Dinka. The Misseriya have resisted this ploy and Lino hope [...]	2008-04-06 11:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID SOCI MOPS SU
08KHARTOUM639	SUDAN HEALTH MINISTRY REQUESTS SANCTIONS WAIVER ON CANCER [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Post has been contacted by the Sudanese Ministry of Health (via Sudanese Foreign Ministry),in a note dated 4/13/2008, with a request for assistance in permitting importation of radioisotopes and related equipment for cancer ther [...]	2008-04-24 13:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFPC PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM665	SUDAN: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY PRICES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The rising global price of food and agricultural commodities is having an impact on food prices in Sudan, mainly with staple commodities, such as wheat and sorghum. While not fully quantifiable, domestic agricultural production seems to be responding to the changes, and the Go [...]	2008-05-01 14:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM67	KORDOFAN REBEL GROUP MERGES WITH JEM [...] (U) SUMMARY: A new Kordofan rebel group led by a well-known former brigadier general in the Sudanese Armed Forces, Ibrahim Abu Rannat, has recently merged with the Justice and Equality Movement. This unification with "The Sons of Kordofan Alliance" (SKA) supports JEM's goal of spreading the Dar [...]	2008-01-17 14:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KSEC PHUM ECON SU
08KHARTOUM86	OPPOSITION LEADERS IN NORTHERN STATE DISCUSS NEW GOVERNOR, [...] (U) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with econoff on January 17 and 21, leaders of the Kush Movement for Democracy and the Dal Dams Committee criticized Northern State's newly appointed governor. Contacts complained that the new governor is an outsider unfamiliar with northern issues, that he wa [...]	2008-01-22 09:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
08KIGALI112	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 14:14:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI16	FUEL SHORTAGES POSSIBLE AS RESULT OF KENYA UNREST [...] (SBU) Political unrest in Kenya has meant no fuel trucks arriving in Rwanda from Kenyan railway depots for the last week or more (as in Uganda - see reftel). Rwanda has a fuel storage capacity of 29 million liters (gasoline and diesel); stocks now sit at 5 million liters of gasoline and 1.5 [...]	2008-01-09 07:59:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI161	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW FOR FEBRUARY [...] (SBU) This edition of the monthly economic roundup includes: -- Commercial News: - Mobile Phone Industry Heats Up - New Stock Exchange Continues to Grow - Property Registration Fees Change -- Investment Issues: Bilateral Investment Treaty Signed -- Regional Issues: - Kenyan Viol [...]	2008-03-06 13:55:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI179	RWANDA CONGRESSIONALLY-MANDATED REPORT ON FISCAL [...] SUMMARY: President Paul Kagame continues to be a strong proponent of fiscal transparency within the Rwandan government (GOR). His government's strong anti- corruption stance, policies of financial openness and several significant financial reforms have been commended by the IMF as well as ot [...]	2008-03-13 11:39:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI202	RECENT PROBLEMS WITH RWANDAIR EXPRESS CAUSE CONCERN [...] (SBU) Summary. Recently Rwandair Express (Rwandair),Rwanda's regional airline carrier, has been experiencing major breakdowns in both airline safety and customer service. Concerned about the safety of American citizens and Mission staff who frequently use Rwandair to travel around the regio [...]	2008-03-19 16:23:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EFIN EINV AMGT CASC RW
08KIGALI224	IMF POVERTY REDUCTION AND GROWTH FACILITY [...] A recent IMF mission concluded a two-week Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) review with an overall assessment that Rwanda's economy continues to perform well, reaching 6 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2007. This was the IMF's fourth review under the three-year arran [...]	2008-03-26 06:45:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI264	RWANDAIR REPLACES CEO - CANCELS FLIGHTS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Former CEO of Rwandair, Manzi Kayihura, was arrested March 28 on charges of abuse of office. Rwanda's national airline has been battered recently by safety concerns, poor customer service and financial woes (reftel). Incoming CEO and former Board Chairman Gerald Zirimwabagabo c [...]	2008-04-10 15:25:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EFIN EINV AMGT CASC RW
08KIGALI305	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY [...] (U) Summary: For the majority of Rwandans who live in rural areas, good rains and harvests in 2007/2008 have kept prices for many staple crops at, or below, last year's prices. Urban Rwandans have not fared as well and are suffering from significant price increases -- in some cases up to 100 [...]	2008-04-30 14:17:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ETRD EGOV RW EAID

08KIGALI348	ICAO'S NINETEENTH AVIATION SECURITY PANEL MEETING [...] (U) Econoff presented reftel talking points to Dr. Richard Masozera, Director General of Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority. Dr. Masozera was just appointed to his current position six weeks ago and was not aware of ICOA's Aviation Security Panel of Experts (AVSECP) meeting scheduled to meet in [...]	2008-05-18 08:36:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD EGOV PTER PREL RW
08KIGALI363	RWANDA ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] (U) This edition of the Rwanda economic review includes: Commercial News: - Rwandair shakes up management, cancels flights to Johannesburg - Government cracks down on shaky micro-finance institutions - Rwandex - Rwanda's largest coffee exporter suspends operations - Nakumatt - Kenya's lea [...]	2008-05-23 10:30:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI364	RWANDA SPECIAL SELF HELP PROGRAM: FY 2007 STATUS [...] (U) Summary: During FY 2007 Embassy Kigali selected twelve projects for the Ambassador's Self Help Program with total allocations of USD 75,000. All of the projects are on-going and performing satisfactorily. End summary. 2. (U) Project(s) summary and status as follows: A. Project N [...]	2008-05-23 10:31:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON AFIN EGOV RW
08KIGALI365	RWANDA RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S GLOBAL FOOD [...] (U) Summary: Rwanda is a net importer of staple foods and supports initiatives aimed at improving agricultural productivity, increasing access to science and technology and removing barriers to trade in staple foods. The government of Rwanda (GOR) does not impose any official export restrict [...]	2008-05-23 10:31:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO KPAO
08KIGALI368	RWANDA ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] (U) This edition of the Rwanda economic review includes: Commercial News: - Rwandair shakes up management, cancels flights to Johannesburg - Government cracks down on shaky micro-finance institutions - Rwandex - Rwanda's largest coffee exporter suspends operations - Nakumatt - Kenya's l [...]	2008-05-27 06:09:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI414	RWANDA AND OPIC - PROJECTS AVAILABLE, OBSTACLES [...] (U) Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Executive Vice President John Simon met with Government of Rwanda (GOR) officials, members of the private sector, and potential project partners during a visit to Rwanda June 4 and 5. In these discussions, Simon described to receptive audienc [...]	2008-06-13 09:41:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD PREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI417	RWANDA ENERGY REVIEW - ENERGY INDEPENDENCE BY [...] (U) Summary: With economic development strangled by the high cost of imported energy, the Government of Rwanda (GOR) has embarked on an ambitious plan of domestic energy independence maximizing use of alternative energy sources. The government is aggressively promoting hydroelectric power an [...]	2008-06-16 14:46:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC
08KIGALI442	RWANDA HOSTS FIRST EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY [...] (U) Summary: On June 26-28, Rwanda hosted the 9th East African Community (EAC - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi) Heads of State Summit in conjunction with the first-ever EAC Investment Conference. EAC leaders focused on the need to improve transportation and energy infrastructure, [...]	2008-06-30 15:08:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV OPIC RW
08KIGALI499	MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE PLEDGES STRONGER PROTECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a U.S.-led conference on conservation of the Greater Virunga Transboundary Landscape - home to the world's last 700 mountain gorillas - ministers from Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) pledged to strengthen conservation and security efforts in the region [...]	2008-07-24 15:30:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI534	NEIGHBORHOODS FLATTENED TO MAKE WAY FOR URBAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-07 14:17:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RW
08KIGALI558	CHEVRON PULLS OUT OF RWANDA [...] (C) Summary: On July 1, Chevron closed shop in Rwanda. Citing extensive fraud in its Rwandan operations (including in the alleged fueling of MONUC aircraft that had not been in Kigali),and friction with the Government of Rwanda (GOR) on compliance with U.S. sanctions against fueling aircraft [...]	2008-08-13 14:41:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RW
08KIGALI634	RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) This issue of the Rwanda Economic Review covers: Commercial Issues: -- Kobil Rwanda acquires Stippag petroleum business -- Total sells Rwanda operations to Engen Petroleum Ltd. -- Nakumatt launches business operations in Kigali -- Electrogaz dismantled Development Issues: -- Rwan [...]	2008-09-18 14:27:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC
08KIGALI708	AGOA COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - RWANDA [...] (U) This cable responds to queries in reftel. Country Background Summary -------------------------- 2.(U) With 85 percent of its population engaged in subsistence agriculture, Rwanda's economic priorities include poverty alleviation, encouraging private investment and infrastructure d [...]	2008-10-07 12:15:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV RW
08KIGALI709	RWANDA SPECIAL SELF HELP PROGRAM: OBLIGATION [...] (U) Summary: On September 26, 2008 CDA signed six grant agreements totaling $40,000 for the Ambassador's Self Help Program for FY 2008. Post has fully obligated all of the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program funds in FY 2008. 2. (U) Project(s) summary and status as follows: A. Proj [...]	2008-10-07 13:30:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON AFIN EGOV RW
08KIGALI760	RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) This issue of the Rwanda Economic Review Covers: Development Issues -- Government of Rwanda (GOR) consolidates seven agencies into the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) -- World Bank approves $24 million for ICT infrastructure -- GOR offers subsidies to local exporters -- Central [...]	2008-10-28 14:50:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC
08KIGALI795	RWANDA RELATIVELY UNSCATHED BY GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (U) Summary: The global financial crisis has so far spared Rwanda. Rwanda's small financial sector, limited import/export trade, subsistence agriculture and donor-supported public sector are on the periphery of the global financial system and as such only indirectly impacted by the financi [...]	2008-11-10 08:04:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC RW
08KIGALI818	RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) This issue of the Rwanda Economic Review Covers: -- Methane pilot project begins feeding power to national power grid -- International Finance Corporation (IFC) invests $4 million in Kivu Methane Gas Project -- Millicom wins tender to become Rwanda's third telecom provider -- MT [...]	2008-11-24 13:13:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC RW
08KIGALI821	REWANDA RESPONSE TO PROPOSED GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) Emboffs reviewed reftel talking points with Minister of State in Charge of Agriculture Dr. Agnes Kalibata. Kalibata welcomed the initiative and agreed that a global partnership would be helpful for advancing global food security. The Minister noted global food insecurity "will not go aw [...]	2008-11-26 10:23:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE AID
08KIGALI862	RWANDA MINING REVIEW - NEW INVESTMENT, STRONG [...] (U) Summary: Since privatization in early 2007, the Rwandan mining sector has experienced a surge in foreign investment and explosive growth of export earnings. 2008 mineral exports are expected to grow to over $100 million from $70 million in 2007 and less than $40 million in 2006. While tra [...]	2008-12-19 10:09:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV OPIC RW
08KIGALI876	RWANDA: 2009 BUSINESS FACILITATION INCENTIVE FUND [...] (U) Embassy Kigali submits the following two projects for FY09 Business Facilitation Incentive Funds (BFIF). 2. (U) Project 1: Initiating information linkages and collaboration between the Rwandan Small Business Support Center and Commercial News/Think Global Incorporated. -- Justificat [...]	2008-12-30 07:26:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAID RW
08KINGSTON1001	FINANCIAL CRISIS ROCKS JAMAICA [...] (SBU) Jamaica's fragile economy has begun to feel the effects of the global financial meltdown, with the contagion effects already evident in the financial market. The local currency has depreciated by more than six percent since the beginning of October, due largely to margin calls from overse [...]	2008-11-24 20:01:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV ETRD IADB IBRD IMF TRSY JM XL
08KINGSTON1016	JAMAICA: NOVEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- The Government of Jamaican (GOJ) announced a 29 percent drop in traditional export crops such as bananas, sugarcane and coffee in the third quarter. -- The GOJ has signed another agreement with Guyana to import 60,000 tons of rice in 2009. -- The GOJ has received fundi [...]	2008-12-01 19:31:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAIR EINV ECON ETRD KCOR KIPR IADB IBRD IMF
08KINGSTON1023	JAMAICAN ECONOMIC CONDITIONS: THE VIEW FROM A VISA WINDOW [...] (SBU) The Consular Section offers a unique perspective on economic patterns and sheds light on the individual economic situations of average Jamaicans. As seen from the perspective of a visa window, the economic situation of most Jamaicans appears tenuous and inconsistent, reflected in part in [...]	2008-12-04 16:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD SOCI PREL KFRD CVIS TRSY XL JM
08KINGSTON1028	JAMAICA: INFINITY ETHANOL DEAL TO CLOSE IN DECEMBER [...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) plan to sell the assets of the Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) parastatal to Brazilian-based Infinity Bio-Energy missed the original target of September 31, but should be completed by December 31. Infinity blames contract negotiations and the global credi [...]	2008-12-08 13:49:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON ETRD EAGR IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM
08KINGSTON1034	JAMAICA: AWAITING COURT RULING ON HIGH-PROFILE [...] (SBU) Summary and analysis: The government continues to retain its slender parliamentary majority of 32-28 as the Jamaican court postponed a decision on the West Portland seat. Currently Daryl Vaz of the ruling Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) holds the position, but in April a Supreme Court justi [...]	2008-12-09 14:29:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PRWL PGOV SOCI CPAS PBTS EFIN ELAB ECIN ECON
08KINGSTON1039	JAMAICA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] Response to reftel request for the investment climate statement. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) seeks to attract foreign direct investment and markets itself to companies in Europe, North America and the Caribbean region. [...]	2008-12-10 13:02:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC
08KINGSTON1058	JAMAICA: FINANCE MINISTER ON MULTILATERALS, ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Ambassador Johnson and econoffs met with Audley Shaw, Minister of Finance and the Public Sector and his Financial Secretary Sharon Crooks on December 12. Shaw highlighted the importance of re-engaging the multi-laterals adding that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) was the most r [...]	2008-12-15 16:15:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG EAIR EINV ECON ETRD KCOR KIPR IADB IBRD
08KINGSTON1086	AIR JAMAICA: FUTURE PLANS AND BUYERS [...] (SBU) On December 17 Econoff met with Air Jamaica (AJ) CEO and President Bruce Nobles, who outlined his plan for restructuring the beleaguered airline in a lead up to divestiture. The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is still hoping to have a buyer lined up by March 31, although the actual deal may [...]	2008-12-19 11:32:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL ECON ETRD EINV IBRD IDB JM XL
08KINGSTON1094	JAMAICA: DECEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW - SEVERE HARDSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Billionaire Jamaican born investor Michael Lee Chin says GOJ must get rid of Air Jamaica and create a new vision for economic growth. -- Jamaica Public Service company is seeing an increase in electricity pilfering, as thieves thwart its anti-theft measures. -- The Bank [...]	2008-12-22 19:25:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAIR EINV ECON ETRD KCOR KIPR IADB IBRD IMF
08KINGSTON147	JAMAICA: 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW REPORT [...] (SBU) Embassy Kingston recommends that Jamaica remain on the Special 301 Watch list until it is able to pass a World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS-consistent patent law. Its trademark and copyright regimes meet international standards, and enforcement efforts over the past year have been com [...]	2008-02-15 12:39:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR USTR ETRD XL JM
08KINGSTON21	AIR JAMAICA STILL BLEEDS CASH, GOJ SEEKS BUYER [...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is aggressively searching for a private sector partner to take over ailing Air Jamaica. The airline lost nearly USD 120 million in 2007 with expectations that losses for 2008 will be USD 160 million. Air Jamaica has struggled with profitability for years [...]	2008-01-08 16:44:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SOCI ETRD EAIR ECON EINV XL JM
08KINGSTON277	JAMAICAN BUDGET TECHNOCRATS OPTIMISTIC [...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) released a USD 7 billion estimated expenditure budget on March 27. The fiscal deficit is 5.5 percent of GDP, but should return to the 4.5 percent of GDP target for next year. The GOJ is focusing on increased tax compliance and taking tougher measures agai [...]	2008-04-02 12:05:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS ETRD PREL PGOV EINV EAIR JM CH VZ XL
08KINGSTON279	JAMAICA'S BOOMING REAL ESTATE MARKET [...] (SBU) Jamaica is undergoing a historic real estate boom, with five straight years of price increases in real terms. Prices in the residential sector jumped by more than 20 percent in the last year, and show no immediate signs of abating. Resort properties, which have become the most dynamic s [...]	2008-04-02 20:46:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS ETRD SENV EINV JM XL
08KINGSTON280	JAMAICA: MARCH POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) The current Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) led government continues to press forward, albeit at a snail's pace. When the JLP released their manifesto, during the campaign for the national elections last summer, it was full of promises for innovations and reform proposals (Ref A). Now, with no re [...]	2008-04-03 13:25:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON EAIR JM XL
08KINGSTON286	JAMAICA: ELECTRIC ABOUT RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Minister of Mining, Energy and Telecommunications Clive Mullings is focusing the country's attention on support for renewable energy (reftels). A few ethanol /biofuel projects are currently being negotiated by the Government of Jamaica (GOJ),and the Office of Utilities Regulation releas [...]	2008-04-04 12:09:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV ECON ETRD JM XL
08KINGSTON325	JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR ENERGY SCIENCE FELLOW [...] (SBU) Post would like to request a science fellow to assist in the emerging renewable energy sector in Jamaica. The scope of work is relatively broad as Jamaica is seeking to expand its efforts on renewable energy on several fronts. Post would like to select the fellow who will be best positi [...]	2008-04-17 16:35:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV ECON ETRD KSCA TSPL EAGR AMGT OTRA APER
08KINGSTON343	JAMAICA PURSUES "DEVELOPMENT WITH EQUITY" [...] (SBU) Jamaica's newly appointed Minister of Finance and Public Service Audley Shaw delivered his maiden budget presentation on April 10. The key speech, entitled "Development with Equity, with the People at the Center of Our Concern," was the first government budget address by a Jamaica Labor [...]	2008-04-23 12:11:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV SENV ECON ETRD IBRD IADB JM XL
08KINGSTON354	JAMAICA: PM GOLDING GAMBLES ON CASINOS AS PART [...] (SBU) Despite strong opposition from the powerful church lobby, Jamaica's Prime Minister Bruce Golding has announced his government's decision to issue two casino licenses. The conditional licenses will be issued to real estate projects by Celebration Jamaica (Palmyra Resort) and Tavistock Gro [...]	2008-04-24 20:32:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EIND SENV ECON ETRD IBRD IADB JM XL
08KINGSTON363	JAMAICA: 301 WATCH LIST MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] (U) Econoff discussed 301 Watch List points listed in reftel with representative of Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO). Carol Simpson, Executive Director of JIPO told Econoff she believes Jamaica will be successful in passing its draft Patents and Design Act this year, to comply with i [...]	2008-04-28 16:48:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR USTR JM XL
08KINGSTON364	JAMAICA: APRIL POLITICAL ROUND-UP [...] (SBU) It's budget time in Jamaica, and presentations on the budget from both parties in Parliament dominated the media this month. The only story bigger than the first new JLP budget in over 18 years is the ongoing saga of dual nationals serving in Parliament. The first test case was complet [...]	2008-04-29 15:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON EFIN JM XL
08KINGSTON366	JAMAICA RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD AND COMMODITY [...] (SBU) Jamaica does not currently face a chronic shortage in aggregate food supplies, but soaring prices over the last two years have led to a growing nutritional deficit among the most vulnerable citizens. Food substitution has also been on the rise as consumers search for cheaper alternatives [...]	2008-04-30 12:43:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV ECON ETRD SOCI PREL AGR EAID ENRG
08KINGSTON401	JAMAICA: USTDA TO HELP PRIVATIZE AIR JAMAIACA [...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has taken another major step to sell the financially distressed national carrier, Air Jamaica. On May 5, it signed an agreement with the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) for USD 820,000 in grant funding. The funding will assist with technical service [...]	2008-05-07 18:19:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL ECON ETRD EINV IBRD IDB JM XL
08KINGSTON422	JAMAICA'S CENTRAL BANK WARNS OF PRICE INSTABILITY [...] (SBU) Spiraling inflation is complicating planning for Jamaican policy makers. Inflation for the first three months of 2008 is running at 5.2 percent and the central bank is warning that prices could jump by a further six percent in the next three months. This would bring prices for the first [...]	2008-05-13 18:08:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PREL EAGR EINV ETRD JM XL
08KINGSTON427	(C) JAMAICA/SPAIN: ZAPATERO REFUSES TO MEET WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 12:09:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EIND OVIP EINV SOCI SENV ECON JM SP XL
08KINGSTON450	JAMAICA: AGRICULTURE MINISTER ADDRESSES FOOD SECURITY AND [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Minister of Agriculture Dr. Christopher Tufton on May 19 to discuss Jamaica's continuing priorities in light of the current food security issues and to advocate measures to liberalize pork trade with the United States. Tufton said he would consider sending two veterin [...]	2008-05-20 14:52:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV ECON ETRD SOCI PREL EAID ENRG JM
08KINGSTON453	JAMAICA FOOD SECURITY: GOJ ACTS QUICKY TO SECURE [...] (SBU) Fear of potential rice shortages has led the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to act quickly to secure additional rice imports from beyond its CARICOM partners. Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding met with President Bharrat Jagdeo of Guyana to obtain a waiver from CARICOM external tariff in ord [...]	2008-05-20 18:31:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV ECON ETRD SOCI PREL EAID XL ENRG JM
08KINGSTON457	JAMAICA RE-EMBRACES THE WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) After more than a decade of strained relations, the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) led-government has followed through on its promise to renew the government's relationship with multilateral lending agencies. The World Bank's Country Representative in Jamaica, Badrul Haque, told emboffs, in [...]	2008-05-21 20:44:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PREL EINV IADB IFC ETRD JM XL
08KINGSTON490	JAMAICA: MAY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] SUMMARY: -- Air Jamaica may face more labor problems, as the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) says airline workers will not receive a pay increase this year and workers threaten to strike. -- The Energy Minister looks to roll out ethanol-based fuel to consumers and the Finance Minister lowers t [...]	2008-05-29 19:07:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAIR EINV SENV ECON ETRD KIPR IBRD IMF TRSY
08KINGSTON5	JAMAICA: CEASE AND DESIST, CASH PLUS IS IN TROUBLE [...] (SBU) Serious cracks are forming in the dubious investment scheme Cash Plus as it faces its first liquidity crisis and a Government of Jamaica (GOJ) cease and desist order (reftels). After several weeks of late interest payments to participants, Cash Plus is asking participants to roll over t [...]	2008-01-03 20:45:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR SOCI ETRD ENRG ECON EINV XL JM
08KINGSTON51	JAMAICA: NEW MINISTER OF TRANSPORT/WORKS RE: [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 12:45:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EWWT EAIR SENV PREL ECON IMO JM XL
08KINGSTON516	JAMAICA: WIDE-RANGING MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 19:54:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EAGR EAID ECON SNAR MARR MOPS PHUM
08KINGSTON539	JAMAICA: FINANCE MINISTER SAYS NO MORE LIP SERVICE [...] (U) Jamaica's Minister of Finance and Public Service, Audley Shaw, spoke to a crowd of investors at the Jamaican Money Market Banking (JMMB) financial forum June 10. He highlighted ongoing efforts to improve Jamaica's tax efficiency, but also spoke about energy security and expanding commercia [...]	2008-06-12 19:15:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV SENV ECON ETRD EFIN XL JM
08KINGSTON549	JAMAICA: AID FOR TRADE IN THE CARIBBEAN [...] (U) On June 16-17 the Organization of American States (OAS) and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) held a symposium in Kingston entitled "Aid for Trade for the Caribbean: Making It A Reality." The event emphasized that trade is a powerful engine for economic [...]	2008-06-17 18:34:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV ECON ETRD EAID IADB IMF OAS TRSY XL JM
08KINGSTON561	JAMAICA: RESPECTED THINK TANK DISCUSSES [...] (U) The Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) held a public meeting on June 12 to discuss the state of Jamaica's exorbitant public debt as a follow up to their report entitled "Jamaica's Debt: Causes and Constraints." CaPRI hoped the meeting would bring about solutions on how Jamaicans th [...]	2008-06-19 19:13:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAIR EINV ECON PREL TRSY XL JM
08KINGSTON570	JAMAICA: JUNE ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] SUMMARY: -- Senator Don Wehby is being criticized by the Tourism and Hotel sector for its management of Air Jamaica in the face of reduced flights to the Caribbean by other airlines. The government also has asked the airline's board to resign; a new board will be named soon. -- Jamaica's [...]	2008-06-25 14:48:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAIR EINV ECON ETRD EIND IADB IBRD IMF TRSY
08KINGSTON571	JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER BRUCE GOLDING'S GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-25 15:19:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SNAR ASEC ECON EFIN ETRD EAIR EPET KCRM JM
08KINGSTON596	JAMAICA: BRAZEN MURDER OF TRANSIT COMPANY OFFICIAL [...] (C) Douglas Chambers, chairman of the Jamaican Urban Transit Company (JUTC),was brazenly assassinated on June 28. A respected accountant and partner at the auditing firm Chambers, Henry and Partners, Chambers had taken on the daunting job of restructuring the corrupt and inefficient JUTC la [...]	2008-07-03 18:45:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL KCOR KCRM ETRN SOCI ASEC ELAB XL JM
08KINGSTON647	JAMAICA: LOOMING STRUGGLE FOR LEADERSHIP OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 12:03:00	Embassy Kingston	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR SOCI SNAR ASEC ECON EFIN KCRM
08KINGSTON648	JAMAICA: FALL OF OLINT INVESTMENT SCHEME COULD [...] (C) Following in the path of several other alternative investment schemes (Cash Plus, CAREIF, World Wise, see reftels),foreign currency trader Olint appears to have collapsed. Led by CEO David Smith, Olint built a strong following in Jamaica promising returns of ten percent per month. Unlik [...]	2008-07-22 12:03:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KCOR PINR SOCI XL JM
08KINGSTON651	JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: PRIME MINISTER BRUCE GOLDING'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 20:47:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET EINV PINR ECON SOCI EFIN KCOR UNSC
08KINGSTON703	JAMAICA: JULY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] SUMMARY: -- Air Jamaica losses USD 85 million in the first quarter and revamps its corporate board. -- Energy expert Dr. Raymond Wright is optimistic about Jamaica's potential for offshore natural gas. -- Wigton Windfarm plans to double in size by adding 18 megawatts of new wind turbine [...]	2008-08-04 20:00:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAIR EINV ECON ETRD EIND IADB IBRD IMF TRSY
08KINGSTON704	JAMAICAN ECONOMY STAGNATES AMID SHOCKS, A REVIEW OF THE [...] (SBU) Growth in the Jamaican economy, suffering from a number of shocks, has slowed to less than one percent during the first half of 2008. The downturn was most evident in the goods producing sectors, which declined by 3.5 percent. Services grew by a moderate 1.7 percent fueled by robust tou [...]	2008-08-04 20:15:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAIR EINV ECON ETRD EIND SENV IADB IBRD IMF
08KINGSTON710	JAMAICA: DEFENSE MINISTERIAL OF THE AMERICAS (DMA [...] In response to DCM's inquiry per reftel, the Permanent Secretary in the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of National Security, Gilbert Scott, has provided the following information: (A) The Minister of National Security, Colonel Trevor MacMillan, will represent the GoJ at the DMA VII [...]	2008-08-08 19:38:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON MARR MOPS PGOV PREL JM XL
08KINGSTON726	JAMAICA: OLINT AND CASH PLUS, PARTY IS OVER, BUT [...] (C) The Jamaican Financial Services Commission (FSC) has identified up to 30 unregulated investment schemes, with the three biggest being Cash Plus, Olint, and World Wise (reftels). Acting FSC Director George Roper met privately with Econoffs on August 13 to discuss the latest developments i [...]	2008-08-19 18:26:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KCOR PINR SOCI XL JM
08KINGSTON731	JAMAICA: OLYMPIC TRIUMPHS IN BEIJING IGNITE [...] Spectacular performances by Jamaican athletes at the Beijing Olympics have enthralled this nation of 2.7 million, dominating the media and igniting widespread spontaneous celebrations. In Kingston and Montego Bay, normal commerce and traffic have slowed to a crawl as thousands have remained gl [...]	2008-08-21 17:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PREL PGOV ECON EINV SOCI KCRM JM XL
08KINGSTON742	JAMAICA: 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DRAFT DECLARATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 19:32:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORD APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL
08KINGSTON755	JAMAICA: ETHANOL SECTOR, FULL OF HOPES AND FEARS [...] (SBU) The Jamaican ethanol sector is seeing profitable growth as exports to the U.S. market rise, benefiting from trade preferences provided by the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has agreed to the sale of its former sugar estates to Brazilian firm Infinity Bi [...]	2008-08-27 18:00:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON ETRD TRSY IBRD WTO XL JM
08KINGSTON760	JAMAICA: CAT 1 STORM GUSTAV SITUATION REPORT 1 [...] The predicted track and intensity of Category 1 Storm Gustav shifted significantly overnight, and was now predicted to pass just south of Jamaica during the day at winds approaching hurricane force. DCM invoked emergency telephone tree at 0645 local time. Normal embassy and consular operations [...]	2008-08-28 15:00:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC EAIR ECON CASC PINR XL JM
08KINGSTON761	JAMAICA: GUSTAV STORM SITUATION REPORT 2 [...] The Consular section has issued a Warden Message at 11AM entitled, "Tropical Storm Gustav Update - U.S. Embassy Suspends Normal Operations" to alert U.S. citizens residing in and traveling to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands that the U.S. Embassy in Kingston has suspended normal operations on Aug [...]	2008-08-28 18:48:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC EAIR ECON CASC PINR XL JM
08KINGSTON762	JAMAICA: GUSTAV OFDA FUNDING CITATION REQUEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ACTION REQUEST: THIS CABLE REQUESTS IMMEDIATE ADVICE ON A FUNDING CITATIONS FOR USD 100,000 TO BE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA'S OFFICE OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EFFORTS TO ASSESS AND RESPOND TO DAMAGE SU [...]	2008-09-02 13:34:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AID AEMR ASEC ECON CASC PINR XL JM
08KINGSTON766	JAMAICA: HIGH NOON APPROACHES FOR THE [...] (C) Following an interlude in which first the Beijing Olympics and then the devastation of Hurricane Gustav have monopolized the nation's attention, Jamaica now faces a high-stakes political struggle for the leadership of the opposition People's National Party (PNP). On September 20, some 4,00 [...]	2008-09-02 14:39:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SOCI SNAR ASEC ECON EFIN KCRM KCOR IBRD
08KINGSTON770	JAMAICA: AUGUST ECONOMIC REVIEW AND STORM GUSTAV [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Tropical Storm Gustav has damaged infrastructure on the island and caused at least 14 deaths (reftels A and B). Agriculture also sustained damage, mainly in the eastern parishes of Portland, St. Thomas and St Mary. It is too early to accurately estimate the total financia [...]	2008-09-03 12:22:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAIR AID EINV ECON ETRD IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL
08KINGSTON772	JAMAICAN COCOA INDUSTRY: REFORM NEEDED, BUT OPPORTUNITY [...] (SBU) On August 20, 2008 USAID in association with the Ministry of Agriculture held a workshop to present findings from a 2008 USAID-funded assessment of the Jamaican cocoa industry. The assessment found that Jamaica's cocoa beans are some of the finest in the world and are in high demand as a [...]	2008-09-03 18:09:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON SENV EINV AID ETRD JM XL
08KINGSTON795	JAMAICA: RECOVERY ASSISTANCE FOR STORM GUSTAV [...] (SBU) Jamaicans are again picking up the pieces from the ninth major natural disaster in seven years. Two weeks after Tropical Storm Gustav hit, the country is still assessing damage, but agriculture and infrastructure suffered most. Embassy and USAID staff traveled on September 8 to the thre [...]	2008-09-10 18:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAIR AID EINV ECON ETRD IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM
08KINGSTON806	JAMAICA STORM GUSTAV UPDATE: RECOVERY ASSISTANCE: 2 [...] (SBU) Tropical Storm Gustav made landfall in Jamaica on August 28-29 with sustained winds of 73 miles per hour and dumped an estimated 250-375 mm of rainfall over 24 hours. The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) estimates damages of USD 31.5 million in agriculture; USD 166 million to infrastructure (r [...]	2008-09-12 16:49:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAIR EAGR EINV ECON ETRD IADB IBRD IMF TRSY
08KINGSTON819	JAMAICA: REVIEW OF AGENDA ITEMS FOR CARICOM LEADERS' [...] Per reftel, Ambassador reviewed the agenda items on the afternoon of September 17 with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Dr. Kenneth Baugh, who will accompany Prime Minister Bruce Golding to the CARICOM Leaders' meeting with the Secretary on September 25 in [...]	2008-09-18 14:13:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD MASS JM XL
08KINGSTON837	JAMAICA: CHARISMATIC FORMER PRIME MINISTER PORTIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 20:15:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SOCI SNAR ASEC ECON EFIN KCRM
08KINGSTON867	JAMAICA: SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- The GOJ's USD 4.5 million deal with American Airlines to guarantee airlift to the island has faced criticism in the press; others see it as an important hedge against the failing national carrier Air Jamaica. -- Air Jamaica appears to have found a new CEO after the one s [...]	2008-10-03 14:59:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAIR EINV ECON ETRD IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM
08KINGSTON883	WILL FINANCIAL CRISIS ROCK JAMAICA? [...] (SBU) Jamaica's heavy dependence on global economic fortunes exposes the country to the ongoing financial meltdown, a serious concern for the year-old Golding administration. Finance Minister Audley Shaw, in an apparent move to avoid a crisis of confidence, has been reassuring Jamaicans that t [...]	2008-10-09 16:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD XL JM
08KINGSTON884	OPPOSITION PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY REGROUPING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The opposition People's National Party (PNP) is reorganizing and healing rifts in the aftermath of a hotly contested leadership election. Former Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller (PSM),the incumbent party president, retained her seat in the September 20 contest, beating her ch [...]	2008-10-09 16:33:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SOCI SNAR ASEC ECON EFIN KCRM
08KINGSTON917	JAMAICA: SUPPORTS EXPANDING BIOFUELS ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) In response to the action request in reftel, Econoff met with Minster of Energy Clive Mullings to deliver points. Mullings said the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) welcomes the biofuels cooperation and he said he was very appreciative of this offer of assistance to Jamaica. He said he looks [...]	2008-10-24 20:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON SENV ETRD JM XL
08KINGSTON936	JAMAICA: OCTOBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) signed the Open Skies Agreement with the United States on October 30. -- Ministry of Energy rolls out E-10 at gas stations and considers investment in a castor bean biodiesel project. -- Energy Ministry also announces plans to invest in c [...]	2008-11-03 20:19:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAIR EINV ECON ETRD IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM
08KINGSTON949	JAMAICA: IPR WORKSHOP BRINGS OLYMPIC GOLD [...] (U) Three-time gold medal winner Usain Bolt emphasized the importance of protecting intellectual property rights at a three-day workshop on Combating Piracy of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) held at the U.S. Mission in Kingston. The workshop held November 4-6 was organized by the Political [...]	2008-11-07 13:40:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR SOCI PGOV SCUL USTR KCRM JM XL
08KINGSTON95	(S) JAMAICAN-VENEZUELAN RELATIONS: AN INSIDE VIEW [...] (S) The text below is taken directly from an internal briefing document drafted by the Jamaican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Bilateral Relations Department. The document was dated October 1 2007 and prepared for the then-newly elected Prime Minister Bruce Golding. [...]	2008-01-30 17:50:00	Embassy Kingston	SECRET	PREL PINR SOCI ETRD ENRG ECON EINV XL JM
08KINGSTON957	JAMAICA: RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN, [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 14:49:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PARM SOCI MASS EFIN ECON EAID
08KINGSTON97	(S) JAMAICAN-VENEZUELAN RELATIONS: AN INSIDE VIEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-30 19:57:00	Embassy Kingston	SECRET	PREL PINR SOCI ETRD ENRG ECON EINV XL JM
08KINGSTON972	JAMAICA: FATAL SHOOTING MARS ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF RULING [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 19:06:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR JM XL
08KINGSTON98	JAMAICAN THINK TANK ANALYZES INVESTMENT SCHEMES [...] (U) The Jamaican think tank Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) based at the University of the West Indies has released the first independent analysis on alternative investment schemes which have proliferated on the island. A range of schemes promising annual returns of up to 180 perce [...]	2008-01-30 20:45:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS ETRD EFIN PREL JM XL
08KINGSTON984	JAMAICA: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 12:31:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EAGR KIPR TSPL TRSY XL JM
08KINGSTON989	CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR DISCUSSES CRIME AND [...] (SBU) Summary: WHA Director for Caribbean Affairs Velia De Pirro visited Kingston October 29-31. Crime and corruption colored every discussion between Jamaican interlocutors and De Pirro. In meetings with Jamaican officials and Canadian and British diplomats, she affirmed the U.S. commitm [...]	2008-11-21 19:06:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR JM XL
08KINSHASA1059	FIRST OFFICIAL DONOR MEETING WITH NEW DRC PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Summary: A group of heads of development and cooperation agencies from key donor countries met with new Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito on November 22, 2008. The discussion lasted for approximately 90 minutes and touched upon the Prime Minister's new p [...]	2008-12-01 07:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH CG
08KINSHASA1084	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ISPS AND PORT SECURITY ADVISORY [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to GDRC Ministry of Transportation and Communication Chief of Staff Enerst Ilang'ikwa Bonkanya on December 4. The Maritime Advisor to the Minister, the Urban Transportation Advisor to the Minister, and the Director of the National Transportation Organizati [...]	2008-12-08 14:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETRD KHLS PTER ASEC MARR PREL ECON CG
08KINSHASA1099	VIRUNGA PARK REPORT: TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BY REBEL GROUP TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Following renewed fighting in North Kivu in October, 2008, park rangers have returned to Virunga park and in particular to the Mikeno sector, home of the approximately 200 mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Laurent Nkunda's rebel National Congress of the [...]	2008-12-12 13:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH CG
08KINSHASA1100	CONCERNS GROW OVER ECONOMIC DOWNTURN IN DRC [...] (SBU) Summary. Falling international commodities prices, a tightening of credit, the still incomplete mining contract review process and continuing instability in eastern DRC have combined to create an increasingly worrisome macroeconomic situation in the DRC. GDP growth for 2009 will likely be [...]	2008-12-14 07:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG
08KINSHASA1101	CONCERNS GROW OVER ECONOMIC DOWNTURN IN DRC [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-14 07:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG
08KINSHASA1105	IMF, GDRC APPEAL TO DONORS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Both the IMF and Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) have appealed to donors to provide emergency support as the DRC confronts a significant economic downturn as a result of the global financial crisis. During a briefing to donors on December 10, the visiting [...]	2008-12-15 14:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG
08KINSHASA1108	DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ILLICIT DIAMOND [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on December 11 to Mr. Paul Mabolia Yenga, Kimberley Process Coordinator at the GDRC Ministry of Mines. Mabolia said the GDRC, as a member of the Kimberley Process (KP),is aware of its responsibilities to ensure that diamonds do not enter the internationa [...]	2008-12-16 11:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EFIN ASEC ZI
08KINSHASA1168	AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH THE MINISTER OF PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Plan Olivier Kamitatu on December 23 to discuss a broad range of challenges facing the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Kamitatu described four priorities for the DRC: security, creation of development corridors, capacity building, and an i [...]	2008-12-30 14:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG
08KINSHASA135	DRC DECEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary Agriculture ----------- - GDRC sets up Forests' National Consultative Council Aviation -------- - A South African Aircraft Crash Lands Cooperation ----------- - African Bank for Development Acquires Shares of Advans Bank Congo - World Bank Approves 82 Loans and Credits [...]	2008-02-07 13:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
08KINSHASA1429	DRC OUTSOURCES MANAGEMENT OF SNCC AND [...] (U) Summary. The Steering Committee for the Reform of the Public Sector (COPIREP) solicited private sector bids for the management of the Congolese national railroad company (SNCC) and national transportation company (ONATRA) ports. The GDRC Council of Ministers has approved the awarding of m [...]	2008-01-01 08:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ELTN PREL PGOV CG

08KINSHASA147	Political ties mark new parastatal boards [...] (SBU) Summary. Although many senior parastal executives appointed by President Kabila January 12 were vetted through a public examination process, connections with the ruling coalition or senior political figures were highly influential in appointments of most governing board members. End sum [...]	2008-02-11 14:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EMIN ENRG EFIN KDEM CG
08KINSHASA22	DRC DECEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary Agriculture - FAO Promotes Manioc Infrastructure - TV and Radio Broadcasters Recoup Licenses to Transmit - President of African Development Bank Announces Africa's First Satellite Investment - Swiss Government Allocates USD 136 Billion for Local DRC Elections Labor - E [...]	2008-01-10 14:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
08KINSHASA246	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USAID ADMINISTRATOR AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of central Africa a [...]	2008-03-12 07:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON PREF PHUM MARR ASEC
08KINSHASA250	PE 142 APPLICATION: CHRISTOPHER CORKEY [...] (U) Post nominates Economic Officer Christopher Corkey for admission to PE 142, the Denver Resource Economics Course, scheduled July 7-11 (Ref). Mr. Corkey is an Entry Level Officer, Economic Cone, posted to the Economic section of Embassy Kinshasa until July 2009. He would plan to arrive in [...]	2008-03-13 15:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI APER ENRG EPET EMIN ECON
08KINSHASA256	DRC Fiscal Transparency [...] (U) The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),after successful national and provincial elections in 2006, has had a government in place now for one year. The current USG foreign assistance package for FY 08 is over USD 150 million, consists of both direct project funding and food aid, and includ [...]	2008-03-14 13:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL
08KINSHASA269	DRC'S INPUT FOR 2008 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] (U) Post submits the following in response to reftel. ------------------ Economic Situation ------------------ 2. (U) The development of a market-based economy in the DRC continues to progress slowly. The Congolese franc (FC) has floated freely since mid-2003 without significant governmen [...]	2008-03-18 15:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON AGOA PGOV CG
08KINSHASA306	KAMERHE, KENGO STRESS STATE AUTHORITY AND REFORM AT OPENING [...] Summary: National security, judicial reform, and the lack of fundamental services such as water and electricity were key themes presented at Parliament's March 15 opening ceremonies by the leaders of its two houses. National Assembly President Kamerhe cited recent violence in Bas-Congo as an [...]	2008-03-31 13:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PHUM CG
08KINSHASA316	IMPROVING LAKE ALBERT SECURITY AND INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Tullow Oil continues to face difficulties with the GDRC with regard to Blocks I and II in the Albertine Basin, but has not expressed specific concern about security on the DRC side of the border. Other commercial interests, including U.S.-based Terralliance, are also working to [...]	2008-04-02 07:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET MARR PGOV CG
08KINSHASA326	DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 15:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	CG EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB EMIN PGOV
08KINSHASA327	DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 16:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	CG EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB EMIN PGOV
08KINSHASA328	Impact of Rising Food Prices in DRC [...] (U) Summary. Food availability in the DRC is already poor, with high levels of malnutrition. Food price statistics indicate a 25 percent increase in food prices over the last six months, in addition to an overall tripling of food prices since the end of 2000. Substitution from imported grai [...]	2008-04-03 16:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON SOCI CG
08KINSHASA329	DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary Aviation -------- - MONUC Owes Government of Uganda USD 10 Million in Aviation Fees - Royal Air Maroc Service to Casablanca and Europe - Air Zimbabwe Offers Flights from Kinshasa to Dubai and Brussels Banking Sector -------------- - Low Rate of Bank Account Ownership in DR [...]	2008-04-04 15:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
08KINSHASA332	DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary Aviation -------- - MONUC Owes Government of Uganda USD 10 Million in Aviation Fees - Royal Air Maroc Service to Casablanca and Europe - Air Zimbabwe Offers Flights from Kinshasa to Dubai and Brussels Banking Sector -------------- - Low Rate of Bank Account Ownership in DR [...]	2008-04-07 06:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
08KINSHASA333	DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary Aviation -------- - MONUC Owes Government of Uganda USD 10 Million in Aviation Fees - Royal Air Maroc Service to Casablanca and Europe - Air Zimbabwe Offers Flights from Kinshasa to Dubai and Brussels Banking Sector -------------- - Low Rate of Bank Account Ownership in DRC [...]	2008-04-08 06:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
08KINSHASA349	PLANE CRASH KILLS DOZENS IN GOMA, EASTERN CONGO [...] (U) Summary. A Congolese airliner carrying 79 passengers and 5 crew members crashed on takeoff from Goma airport in eastern Congo at 14:45 local time on April 15, killing dozens of people including passengers and persons on the ground. The majority of passengers appear to have survived, but exa [...]	2008-04-15 17:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EAIR ECON PGOV
08KINSHASA367	DC-9 CRASH UPDATE - 45 CONFIRMED DEAD [...] Summary: Six days after the April 15 crash of a Hewa Bora Airways DC-9 at Goma airport (ref A),and in the absence of an official report, the toll of passenger and ground casualties stands at 121, with 45 dead and about 76 injured. Company and civil aviation officials say they have found the [...]	2008-04-21 12:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EAIR PGOV ECON KPKO CG UN
08KINSHASA402	SLOW CUSTOMS AND POOR INFRASTRUCTURE HURT DRC PORT [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of the effort to increase government revenues, the GDRC has contracted with BIVAC to manage customs inspection and collection. Combined with the poor state of Matadi port facilities and the lack of transportation infrastructure between Matadi and Kinshasa, the slower cu [...]	2008-05-07 08:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON ASEC MARR CG
08KINSHASA404	DRC PORT SECURITY IMPROVES, BUT STILL NOT ISPS [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) found some improvements in security at the Congolese ports of Matadi and Banana, but the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)is still not in full compliance with the International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) code. The Congolese National Transport [...]	2008-05-08 06:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON ASEC MARR CG
08KINSHASA406	INGA [...] (U) Summary. African Ministers of Energy, civil engineers, and banking representatives attended a meeting hosted by the World Energy Council in London April 21-22 to discuss refurbishment of the Inga I and Inga II dams, the development of the Inga III hydroelectric power plant, and the larger [...]	2008-05-09 09:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV TRGY CG
08KINSHASA413	DRC APRIL ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary Agriculture ----------- - New DRC Agricultural Code Presented to Traditional Chiefs - African Wildlife Foundation Assists Isolated Population - Orientale Province Poised to Renew Agricultural Activities Aviation -------- - CAA Suspends Flights, All Planes to South Afric [...]	2008-05-12 06:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
08KINSHASA426	PRC Engagement in the DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: The story of Chinese (PRC) involvement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),dating to the 1970's when the DRC was barely into its second decade as an independent nation, is long and complex. Since the early 2000's, China has ramped up its presence and exchanges with the D [...]	2008-05-13 15:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ECPS MARR PREL PGOV SENV
08KINSHASA436	CDC TEAM RESPONDS TO MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK IN DRC [...] (U) Summary. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent a team of three doctors to investigate a recent monkeypox outbreak in the Equateur Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The CDC epidemiologists joined representatives from the GDRC Ministry of Health (MO [...]	2008-05-16 16:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	CDC ECON EAGR EAID SENV TBIO PGOV CG
08KINSHASA465	LOCAL REACTION TO ARREST OF JEAN-PIERRE BEMBA IS [...] (SBU) The arrest in Brussels late May 24 of opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba appears to have taken the Congolese government and people by surprise. Little had appeared in the local media prior to the arrest regarding the ICC's investigation into alleged criminal actions in 2002 by Bemba's [...]	2008-05-27 16:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON PREL BE CT CG
08KINSHASA529	MLC LEADERSHIP ON BEMBA AND MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a long discussion June 3, leaders of Bemba's MLC ("Mouvement pour la Liberation du Congo") party told PolOff they are not planning further public demonstrations in Kinshasa following a canceled May 31 march in the capital. The strongest displays of support for Bemba have oc [...]	2008-06-16 10:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN ECON CG RW
08KINSHASA560	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE JULY 01-02 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of central Africa a [...]	2008-06-26 15:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON MARR PHUM CG
08KINSHASA579	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MAJOR ISSUES AT UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche July 9 to Ambassador Oscar Matondo of the International Organizations Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. EconOff delivered demarche July 2 to the Minister of Economy's office at the Ministry of Economy and Trade. 2. Matondo stated that the GDRC wou [...]	2008-07-10 07:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO CG
08KINSHASA640	Piracy in the Congolese Music Industry: it hurts [...] (U) Summary: The vibrant recording industry has long been an integral part of Congolese culture. Due to the rampant piracy of cassette tapes and CD's, however, that industry has ceased to exist. Congolese musicians and producers are generally apathetic to the problem, having found ways to o [...]	2008-08-06 06:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BBSR EIND EINT EINV CG
08KINSHASA677	KABILA MEETS AUGUST 5 WITH DONOR COMMUNITY ON DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila convoked bilateral and multilateral development partners August 5 to assess progress on his development priorities and to review social and economic development issues. This meeting was significant as it was President Kabila's first encounter with the i [...]	2008-08-18 07:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL PGOV CG
08KINSHASA706	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI [...] (SBU) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of Central Africa and beyond [...]	2008-08-27 16:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON MARR PHUM CG
08KINSHASA725	PLANE CRASHES NEAR BUKAVU; NO SIGN OF SURVIVORS [...] (SBU) Summary. An Air Serv International plane carrying seventeen persons, including two pilots, crashed in heavy rain near Bukavu on September 1. Rescue efforts remain underway, but there are no signs of survivors. Several UN and aid workers were on board, but no American citizens were lis [...]	2008-09-03 07:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV CG
08KINSHASA733	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVID [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of Central Africa and bey [...]	2008-09-05 12:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PHUM PREL PGOV EAID ECON MARR CG
08KINSHASA752	DRC RESPONSE TO USTIC STUDY [...] (U) This cable responds to items requested in paragraph five of reftel A. Post will respond septel to items in paragraphs six and seven. 2. (U) Infrastructure is one of the GDRC's five priority areas under its five-year development plan approved in early 2007. However, information on the [...]	2008-09-12 09:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD OTRA ASEC CG
08KINSHASA776	GDRC INVITS NTSB TO ASSIST WITH AIR SERV CRASH [...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) extended an invitation verbally through Econoff for the NTSB to assist in the investigation of the September Air Serv crash near Bukavu (Ref A). The NTSB ivestigator hopes to bring the Flight Data Recorder ack to the U.S. for analysis a [...]	2008-09-22 06:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV CG
08KINSHASA781	GDRC INVITES NTSB TO ASSIST WITH AIR SERV [...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) extended an invitation verbally through Econoff for the NTSB to assist in the investigation of the September 1 AirServ crash near Bukavu (Ref A). The NTSB investigator hopes to bring the Flight Data Recorder back to the U.S. for analysis [...]	2008-09-22 06:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV CG
08KINSHASA785	TANZANIA'S UNDERSTATED ROLE IN THE DRC [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Tanzania plays a quiet, but useful, role in facilitating a peaceful resolution of the conflict in the DRC's East. The reasons behind this are likely connected to Tanzania's historical connections to the Kabila family, refugee issues, and economic interests. Inc [...]	2008-09-23 06:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD CG TZ
08KINSHASA812	MINISTER OF PLAN WELCOMES CAS AND HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Plan Olivier Kamitatu told USAID Director, DCM and Econcouns on September 18 that he welcomed the new Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) and hoped to engage international partners to improve DRC's investment climate and increase private sector development. Kamitatu [...]	2008-09-29 14:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG
08KINSHASA866	DRC RESPONSE TO USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA [...] (U) Background and Overview. Inadequate physical infrastructure in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),a country comprising a land area of 2,345,000 square kilometers, represents a key constraint for the country's economic development and export competitiveness. The Government of the DRC [...]	2008-10-10 06:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD OTRA ASEC CG
08KINSHASA918	THE DRC AND CHINA: WE CAN HAVE OUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent public statements by the IMF, China (PRC)'s Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) on the multi-billion dollar Sino-Congolese agreement concluded in early 2008 (ref A) share several common theme [...]	2008-10-22 15:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH CG
08KOLKATA105	LATEST AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN WEST BENGAL SPREADS TO [...] SUMMARY: Avian influenza has spread to Northern West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district. A culler who fell sick in the AI-affected Malda district has shown no sign of H5N1 infection so far. The infection continues to spread as officials now put in place movement restrictions and culling. Village [...]	2008-03-28 13:49:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR TBIO ECON PGOV CASC AMED SENV IN
08KOLKATA111	AVIAN INFLUENZA SPREADS TO TRIPURA AND NEW AREAS IN WEST [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 6, the Northeast Indian state of Tripura confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza in three villages close to the India-Bangladesh border. In West Bengal, the H5N1 virus appeared in an administrative block in Nadia district. Experts told post that the West Bengal governme [...]	2008-04-07 11:55:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR SENV TBIO PGOV AMED CASC ECON IN
08KOLKATA114	DAS FEIGENBAUM HEARS PITCH FOR INVESTMENT IN WEST BENGAL, [...] (U) During his April 2 visit to Kolkata, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Evan Feigenbaum SIPDIS met with the Government of West Bengal (GOWB) Commerce Secretary and industry representatives, discussing investment opportunities in West Bengal, the business clim [...]	2008-04-09 12:09:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL EFIN EINV PGOV IN PHUM
08KOLKATA117	IN WEST BENGAL, LAND ACQUISITION FOR INDUSTRY (SLOWLY) [...] (U) Summary: As the Government of West Bengal (GOWB) continues its efforts to attract investment and industry into the state, the debate over how and where to acquire land continues in the run-up to May's panchayat (local) elections. The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM)-led Left Front c [...]	2008-04-10 14:15:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV EFIN IN
08KOLKATA126	WEST BENGAL FARMERS' BUMPER POTATO CROP MEANS PROBLEMS NOT [...] (U) On March 17, Econoff traveled to Magra in West Bengal's Hooghly District (approximately 50 miles northwest of Kolkata) to tour a potato cold storage facility and discuss the wholesale market for the potato crop in the state. West Bengal is experiencing a glut in its potato crop market and [...]	2008-04-17 13:18:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN SENV IN
08KOLKATA131	RISING FOOD PRICES FOSTER STRIKES IN EAST INDIA [...] (U) The Trinamul Congress (TMC) and the Socialist Unity Center of India - both part of the opposition in West Bengal -- called a 12-hour bandh (strike) on April 21 to protest rising food prices. Public dissatisfaction has been building up with recent reports that annual inflation has more than [...]	2008-04-23 12:22:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR PGOV IN PTER
08KOLKATA162	BRICKS, BAGS, AND CLOTHES -- THE TIP OF THE CHILD LABOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: In flagrant violation of the Child Labor (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, garment, brick and leather goods manufacturing units continue to employ child laborers in West Bengal, a state where the government has shown little or no political will to deal with this problem. Between [...]	2008-05-30 11:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV KWMN SOCI PHUM SMIG ECON IN
08KOLKATA180	MUSLIM SUPPORT FOR WEST BENGAL'S COMMUNISTS ERODING [...] (SBU) Summary: One of the factors which contributed to the Communist Party of India - Marxist's (CPM) significant losses in the May panchayat (local, district and village-level) elections was the erosion of Muslim support. This growing Muslim disaffection was prompted by the 2007 Sachar Comm [...]	2008-06-18 13:15:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM SOCI ECON IN
08KOLKATA182	WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER COMMENTS ON STATE SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 9, ConGen made his farewell call on West Bengal Chief Minister (CM) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. The CM was very engaged and candid during his discussion, commenting on his concerns about rising Islamic fundamentalism, his differing views on policies with his Party's natio [...]	2008-06-19 14:37:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ECON ASEC IN
08KOLKATA184	WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER COMMENTS ON STATE SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 9, ConGen made his farewell call on West Bengal Chief Minister (CM) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. The CM was very engaged and candid during his discussion, commenting on his concerns about rising Islamic fundamentalism, his differing views on policies with his party's natio [...]	2008-06-20 14:06:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL ECON ASEC IN
08KOLKATA200	LARGEST INDIAN SUPERMARKET CHAIN GROWS IN HEART OF [...] (U) Summary. "Spencer's," India's largest supermarket chain, and member of the Kolkata-based RPG Group, continues to expand in West Bengal despite the problems faced by rival Reliance Retail. Spencer's Senior Vice-President, Operations Ramesh Menon attributed this success to the fact that hi [...]	2008-07-07 10:26:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAGR PGOV IN
08KOLKATA21	CPM SAYS THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO CAPITALISM [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of recent statements, senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) leaders appeared to endorse, or grudgingly accept, capitalism as a means for economic development and industrialization. Although they qualified their views as "the only way forward" given the "ne [...]	2008-01-18 07:38:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EIND EAGR IN
08KOLKATA253	TATA THREAT INTENSIFIES SINGUR TALKS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 3, Tata Motors announced that it has begun analyzing options to pull its Nano car project out of West Bengal. The opposition Trinamul Congress (TMC) appears to have been shaken by the threat, which came after several days of negative publicity and a growing public perc [...]	2008-09-05 11:40:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND ELTN IN
08KOLKATA275	THE POLITICS OF SINGUR [...] (SBU) Summary: The conflict in Singur over land acquisition for the new Tata Motors Nano automobile factory has been the theater on which the ruling Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) and West Bengal's primary opposition party Trinamul Congress Party (TMC) have staged their latest epic ba [...]	2008-09-23 08:55:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV ELTN EIND IN
08KOLKATA298	TRIPURA GOVERNMENT ON ALERT AFTER CHICKENS DIE IN [...] SUMMARY: The Tripura and West Bengal state governments are on heightened alert to respond to an H5N1 avian influenza outbreak, given the recent outbreaks in Bangladesh. To date, authorities have not detected any incidents of H5N1 infection in Tripura or West Bengal in the past three months. If [...]	2008-10-24 10:14:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR ECON TBIO SENV PGOV PREL IN BG
08KOLKATA32	AI IN W. BENGAL: SITREP 11 [...] (U) This is an action message, please see para. 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the January 26-27 weekend, the avian influenza (AI) virus spread to South 24 Parganas, West Midnapur districts, and newer areas in the already-affected Murshidabad and Cooch Behar districts. This brings the number o [...]	2008-01-28 12:48:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR CASC SENV ECON ETRD AMED IN
08KOLKATA35	AI IN W. BENGAL - SITREP 12 [...] (U) SUMMARY: With new districts like South 24 Parganas, Howrah and West Midnapur officially added to the AI-infected list, the GOWB revised its culling target to 2.7 million. Reports of cullers walking off the job in the Birbhum district received coverage in the press. Municipal authorities i [...]	2008-01-29 11:56:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO EAGR CASC SENV ECON ETRD PGOV IN
08KOLKATA354	STATE GOVERNMENTS CONTAIN AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAKS IN WEST [...] (SBU) Summary: The West Bengal state government (GOWB) has completed culling operations in the confirmed Avian Influenza (AI) epicenter in Malda district. The GOWB claims to have contained the latest outbreak, citing its limited size and better level of preparedness. One senior GOWB official [...]	2008-12-24 08:33:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR ECON ETRD SENV CASC PGOV IN BG
08KOLKATA357	AVIAN INFLUENZA SPREADS TO NEW AREAS IN ASSAM [...] Summary: On December 24, the Government of India (GOI) confirmed that H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) has spread to two more districts (Baksa and Nagaon) in the Northeastern state of Assam. The GOI confirmed new cases of AI in additional villages in the previously affected districts of Kamrup and Bo [...]	2008-12-31 05:00:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR ECON ETRD SENV CASC PGOV TBIO AMED
08KOLKATA46	AI IN W. BENGAL-SITREP 17 [...] (U) SUMMARY. As of February 6, no new districts were added to West Bengal's H5N1 map, but there were reports of unusual bird deaths in three AI-affected districts. GOWB resources continue to be shifted from culling to mop-up and disinfection mode. Observation and isolation facilities have be [...]	2008-02-06 12:09:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO EAGR SENV PGOV CASC AMED ECON IN
08KOLKATA49	AI IN W. BENGAL - SITREP 18: CLEAN UP CONTINUES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mopping up and disinfection operations continue in the flu affected districts of West Bengal. According to latest available figures as of February 7 3,593,008 birds have been culled, exceeding the projected target of 3,125,620 in 16 districts of West Bengal. Media reports sales [...]	2008-02-08 12:25:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO EAGR SENV PGOV ECON CASC AMED IN
08KOLKATA50	PM SINGH SIGNALS INDIA'S COMMITMENT TO KEEP ARUNACHAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 31, barely two weeks after his visit to China, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh went to Arunachal Pradesh, a northeast Indian state bordering China and Bhutan, to signal India's commitment to keeping the territory. He announced development projects to the tune of USD 2 [...]	2008-02-08 12:49:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON MARR CH IN
08KOLKATA54	AI IN W. BENGAL - SITREP 19 - WEST BENGAL WITHDRAWS BAN ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: The W. Bengal government (GOWB) withdrew a statewide ban on the sale and transport of poultry, citing an improving H5N1 situation. On the same day, media reported the deaths of around 1,000 chickens in North Bengal. All the human samples tested for H5N1 so far have turned out ne [...]	2008-02-13 11:48:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO EAGR SENV PGOV CASC ECON AMED IN
08KOLKATA74	INDIA'S LEFT TO PUSH FOR MORE TAXES AND EXPENDITURES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: February 25-26, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) leadership met with Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram to present the Left's budget proposals prior to Finance Minister's submission of the budget to parliament on Friday, February 29. The Left is hoping to pressure [...]	2008-02-27 11:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV IN
08KOLKATA84	AVIAN INFLUENZA "REAPPEARS" IN WEST BENGAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Late in the day on March 8, authorities confirmed a suspected H5N1 outbreak in 41 villages in West Bengal's Murshidabad district. In the neighboring district of Birbhum, there are now reports of over 1,000 bird deaths occurring in the last week. On March 10, the GOWB deployed 40 [...]	2008-03-10 10:43:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR TBIO ECON PGOV CASC AMED SENV IN
08KOLKATA93	WEST BENGAL UNABLE TO MEET CULLING TARGETS IN LATEST AI [...] SUMMARY: In West Bengal's latest H5N1 outbreak, cullers managed to cull only half their target of 50,000 birds in one week. Despite a ban in the affected areas, people continue to buy and sell poultry. GOWB officials are unsure of how to manage the situation and efforts at containing poultry [...]	2008-03-14 11:07:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR TBIO ECON PGOV CASC AMED SENV IN
08KOLKATA99	A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT - CONNECTING BURMA AND INDIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Kaladan Multi-Modal Transport Project linking the landlocked states in Northeast India with Sittwe port in Myanmar holds the promise of making Mizoram an economic gateway, and providing India with access to international trade routes via the Bay of Bengal. The tentative ste [...]	2008-03-19 12:02:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV PGOV ETRD EWWT EPET IN BM BG
08KOLONIA103	(S) MOBIL REJECTS FSM PETROLEUM CORPORATION PROPOSAL FOR [...] (S) Summary. In a veil of secrecy, a nascent national petroleum corporation for the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has begun to purchase fuel storage tanks from Mobil in all four FSM states. Purchase of the fuel terminals should be complete by the end of July. The President of Mobil [...]	2008-07-16 03:49:00	Embassy Kolonia	SECRET	ECON PGOV PREL FM CH
08KOLONIA104	FSM GOVERNORS SLAM COMPACT IMPLEMENTATION [...] Summary: The Governors of Yap and Pohnpei, which are the two most prosperous and best managed of the four states in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),complained urgently to Ambassador that unsatisfactory administration of the Amended Compact threatens to cripple their government opera [...]	2008-07-16 07:43:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON FM
08KOLONIA11	POHNPEI'S FUEL SITUATION HEATS UP [...] (SBU) Summary. Pohnpei's outgoing governor engineered a secretive memorandum of understanding on fuel between the SIPDIS Pohnpei Utilities Corporation and a South Korean firm. Signed before the closing date and review of bids on the PUC's Invitation to Bid for fuel, the MOU appears to be [...]	2008-01-27 10:00:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV FM RM
08KOLONIA90	MICRONESIA DISSATISFIED WITH EU FISHING AGREEMENT [...] Summary: The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) reportedly is intentionally delaying issuance of fishing licenses to European Union (EU) flagged vessels in reaction to the EU's late access fee payments and because it wants to renegotiate the 2003 FSM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) [...]	2008-06-11 06:31:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS ECON EAID SENV FM
08KUALALUMPUR1001	SCENESETTER FOR FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR JOHN S. [...] (C) The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Malaysia! Your visit comes at an opportune time as the Embassy is ramping up engagement on law enforcement and rule of law priorities. Clearly, you will also travel at a moment of serious concern in the U.S. and Asia about the threat of global recession, [...]	2008-11-12 09:37:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MASS MOPS ECON KJUS KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR1009	MALAYSIA SEEKS DISCUSSION OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 09:19:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECIN ETRD SOCI PGOV PTER MY
08KUALALUMPUR1013	AMBASSADOR AND DPM NAJIB DISCUSS APEC, WORLD [...] (C) The Ambassador met on November 11 with Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and, in the context of priorities in our bilateral relations in the lead up to the new U.S. administration, discussed APEC, the global financial crisis, FTA talks, and economic reform measures. The Amb [...]	2008-11-14 09:11:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN ETRD PREL PGOV MY
08KUALALUMPUR1045	IRAN-MALAYSIA TIES REFLECTED IN LATEST BILAT TALKS [...] (C) Malaysia and Iran held their Seventh Joint Commission meeting in Putrajaya, November 10-11. Trade and investment issues dominated the talks, which were conducted at the foreign minister level. Results from the Commission meeting appeared modest, according to press reports. Malaysian For [...]	2008-11-28 07:13:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC ECON IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR1050	MALAYSIAN VIEWS ON DECEMBER ASEAN SUMMITS [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy collected Malaysian economic and political views of the December ASEAN summits from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and from the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS),a government-linked think-tank. According to MITI Deputy [...]	2008-11-28 10:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ASEAN BM MY
08KUALALUMPUR1063	MALAYSIA: VIEWS ON ECONOMY TURN NEGATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The central bank of Malaysia released a relatively upbeat report on third quarter economic performance November 28, highlighting GDP growth of 4.7 percent despite deteriorating global economic conditions. The central bank acknowledged that Malaysia, as a highly open economy, wou [...]	2008-12-05 08:03:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV MY
08KUALALUMPUR1080	MALAYSIAN GROWTH DECLINING DESPITE IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysian government and private sector analysts expressed pessimism about the performance of the Malaysian economy in 2009 during meetings with visiting Treasury Attache Susan Baker and Econcouns. Although banks are well capitalized, a sharp decline in demand for Malaysia's man [...]	2008-12-14 23:46:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PGOV MY
08KUALALUMPUR1101	MALAYSIA HOPES TO KEEP FTA NEGOTIATIONS IN PLAY [...] (C) Summary: According to senior Ministry of Trade and Industry (MITI) officials, Deputy Prime Minister Najib told the Malaysian cabinet that concluding the Malaysian-U.S. bilateral FTA was at the top of his agenda. MITI officials say Najib told cabinet members he hoped Malaysia could concl [...]	2008-12-18 09:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV MY
08KUALALUMPUR1112	MALAYSIAN OIL PRODUCTION MOVING TO DEEPER WATERS [...] (SBU) Summary: As crude oil production from Malaysia's shallow waters tapers off, oil companies are exploring and developing oil fields in deeper waters. Kikeh, Malaysia's first deepwater field, is producing 100,000 barrels per day (bbl/day) and is on track to reach its full production target [...]	2008-12-22 09:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV XC XF
08KUALALUMPUR1116	ABDULLAH'S REFORMS PASS PARLIAMENT, BUT WILL THEY [...] (SBU) Malaysia's Parliament has hurriedly passed two judicial reform bills personally championed by outgoing Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi as his parting legacy. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) bill replaces the existing Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) with a more autonomous Com [...]	2008-12-24 07:21:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR1127	PM ABDULLAH GOES TO IRAN, ANNOUNCES GO-AHEAD FOR [...] (SBU) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi conducted a four-day visit to Iran December 21-24. The public reporting of the visit exclusively highlighted and at times exaggerated Malaysia-Iran trade and economic partnerships. The PM and his entourage, which included a number of cabinet mini [...]	2008-12-31 08:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EFIN ECON ETRD ENRG ETTC MUNC KNNP
08KUALALUMPUR134	DEMARCHE REGARDING MARCH WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) Econ counselor and econoff discussed reftel demarche with Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) Deputy Secretary General Datuk Dr. Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria on February 26. Econ counselor also handed Rebecca the letter from USTR Susan Schwab to Minister of International Trade [...]	2008-02-26 23:38:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO MY
08KUALALUMPUR141	EMBASSY ENERGY OFFICERS IN KUALA LUMPUR [...] This cable responds to reftel requesting input for new required reports to Congress on energy. Following are post's responses to the four questions put forth in the cable: A. Energy matters are handled by the economic section which consists of seven persons: Economic Counselor, four direc [...]	2008-02-29 04:45:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD ECON MY
08KUALALUMPUR213	Malaysia Scenesetter for A/S O'Brien: Financial Controls [...] SUMMARY: Prime Minister Abdullah's ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition retained power in the March 8 election, but suffered a major setback in the face of unprecedented opposition gains. Malaysia remains an important partner for the U.S. with strong trade and investment ties and close mili [...]	2008-03-26 23:56:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ECON EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM UNSC IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR340	MALAYSIA'S FLUID SCENE - DAS MARCIEL'S MAY 5-7 [...] (U) Thank you for coming to Kuala Lumpur. Your May 5-7 visit to Malaysia provides an excellent opportunity to assess Malaysia's fluid political scene, identify new openings to pursue U.S. objectives, and support key areas in our regional and bilateral diplomacy. 2. (C) Not quite two mont [...]	2008-05-02 09:50:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR ECON KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR357	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - MALAYSIA [...] (U) Rising global prices for major food commodities so far are having limited impact on their availability to Malaysian consumers. Long-standing price controls on many food staples have kept such items affordable, but have also contributed to some spot shortages. While it is only about 65% self [...]	2008-05-08 23:46:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SENV MY
08KUALALUMPUR364	MALAYSIA ON EDGE OR STABILIZING? DAS MARCIEL'S MAY [...] (S) Senior Malaysian government officials and opposition politicians discussed Prime Minister Abdullah's struggle to remain in power and prospects for the strengthened opposition during EAP DAS Marciel's May 5-7 visit to Kuala Lumpur, while DAS Marciel also addressed the Burma crisis and his A [...]	2008-05-09 09:56:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR MARR ECON KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR372	U.S.-Malaysia FTA: Encouraging Signals [...] (SBU) Senior Malaysian government officials reaffirmed Malaysia's interest in continuing FTA negotiations during meetings May 5 and 6 with Assistant USTR for Southeast Asia and the Pacific Barbara Weisel. Senior MITI officials proposed another round in July and noted the possibility of a foll [...]	2008-05-13 06:03:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR EAGR MY
08KUALALUMPUR392	AMBASSADOR AND ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCUSS ISA, [...] (S) The Ambassador called on Malaysia's Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail on May 13 and discussed prospects for prosecuting terrorists, the importance of passing an export control law, and factors affecting progress in the FTA talks. The Ambassador congratulated the AG on drafting of the 200 [...]	2008-05-15 09:12:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON ETTC KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR398	MALAYSIAN OIL REVENUE: GRAVY TRAIN RUNNING OUT OF [...] (U) Summary: At its current 4% annual rate of increase, domestic demand for petroleum products is expected to overtake supply by 2011 or 2012, making Malaysia a net importer of oil, according to Petronas, the country's national oil company. This bodes poorly for a federal government that re [...]	2008-05-16 05:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EFIN ENRG MY PGOV
08KUALALUMPUR4	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) The Ambassador and Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak met on December 31 for an introductory call, during which they discussed U.S. and Malaysia's common interests in bolstering international systems such as the UN and WTO. Najib described core relations with the U.S. as good and looke [...]	2008-01-02 09:38:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR ECON RP TH MY
08KUALALUMPUR401	MALAYSIAN TRADE MINISTER SUPPORTS FTA NOGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on the eve of his visit to the U.S., Minister for Trade Muhyiddin Yassin reaffirmed Malaysia's desire continue FTA negotiations with the U.S. and noted it was understood that Malaysia needed to create additional negotiating flexibility. Malaysia [...]	2008-05-16 09:15:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR KIPR MY
08KUALALUMPUR402	MALAYSIA AND APEC IN 2008 [...] In advance of the second APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM II),econoff called on Malaysia's Senior Official to APEC, Abdul Ghafar Musa, on May 16 to discuss U.S. and Malaysian goals for APEC this year (ref A). Ghafar, Senior Director of the APEC Division in the Ministry of International Tra [...]	2008-05-16 09:31:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD APEC ECON ECIN MY
08KUALALUMPUR460	FORCED AND CHILD LABOR REPORT - MALAYSIA [...] Embassy sources have reported incidents of forced labor in Malaysia's garment industry, and forced labor and exploitative child labor in the palm oil sector. We received corroborating reports from multiple sources for most information, but Embassy officers have not had the opportunity to con [...]	2008-06-03 08:40:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ELAB ECON ETRD MY
08KUALALUMPUR476	MALAYSIA RAISES GASOLINE PRICE OVERNIGHT BY 40 PERCENT, [...] SUMMARY: In an effort to address rising costs of energy subsidies, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi yesterday announced a 40 percent price increase on gasoline, a 60 percent price increase on diesel, and 20 to 26 percent increases in electricity rates, effective at midnight on June 4. The new p [...]	2008-06-06 09:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV MY
08KUALALUMPUR482	OPPOSITION CALLS FOR PROTESTS OVER FUEL PRICES [...] (SBU) Malaysia's sudden and drastic increase in fuel prices has given the Opposition a rallying point and new means to direct populist pressure against the incumbent National Front (BN) government. Opposition groups announced plans to stage a nation-wide series of protests, with the first la [...]	2008-06-10 08:37:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC ECON MY
08KUALALUMPUR494	Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) [...] (U) At the Seventh Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-VII) in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, May 26-29, 2008, delegates adopted a revised Program Structure to bring the Sub-Commission in line with IOC priorities and IOC and UNESCO planning and budget [...]	2008-06-12 04:42:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID TPHY ECON PREL IOC
08KUALALUMPUR526	Tourism Growth in "Malaysia, Truly Asia" [...] Tourism is a growth industry in Malaysia. The government's "Visit Malaysia 2007" tourism campaign, with its ubiquitous "Malaysia, Truly Asia" theme song, enticed a record number of foreign tourists in 2007. Recent statistics portend continued strong growth in 2008. Tourists from Southeast As [...]	2008-06-20 09:26:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EIND MY
08KUALALUMPUR580	THE PRESIDENT'S GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE AND TRADE [...] Econoff passed information on the President's Global Food Security Initiative (ref A) to Abdul Rahman Mamat, Secretary General, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). On June 20, 2008, we received the following written response from Zulkafli Abdul Karim, Senior Director, Multilat [...]	2008-07-08 06:15:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD ENRG TBIO MY
08KUALALUMPUR591	MALAYSIA HOSTS GROUP OF 8 ISLAMIC DEVELOPING [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Sixth D-8 Summit hosted by Malaysia July 7-8, leaders from eight developing majority-Islamic countries focused on the recent steep global rise in food and fuel prices, and pledged to increase their intra-group trade and investment. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [...]	2008-07-11 05:51:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR PREL MY IR
08KUALALUMPUR609	UMNO RESISTS POPULAR CALLS FOR REFORM [...] (C) The Malaysian electorate delivered a strong endorsement for change and a major set-back for Prime Minister Abdullah's United Malays National Organization (UMNO) and National Front (BN) coalition in the March elections, but UMNO thus far has resisted reform. The shocking election result i [...]	2008-07-13 04:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON KDEM KJUS MY

08KUALALUMPUR618	DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 CARGO INSPECTION; DRAFT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on July 15 to Shazryll Zahiran, Principal Assistant Secretary, Nuclear Disarmament, and Nonproliferation Division, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Shazryll did not provide a substantive response, but informed us the Ministry would review the provided i [...]	2008-07-15 09:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PINR PREL ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD KNNP EUN
08KUALALUMPUR651	TREASURY DAS DOHNER'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA [...] (U) Summary: Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Robert Dohner briefed Bank Negara officials on the U.S. economic and financial situation and exchanged views on Treasury's decision to include Malaysia in the executive summary of the U.S. Foreign Exchange Report. DAS Dohner defended th [...]	2008-07-24 03:31:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV MY
08KUALALUMPUR742	MALAYSIAN OPPOSITION NOT SO CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: On Thursday, August 14, Econ Counselor and Econoff met with Tony Pua, opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) Member of Parliament. Pua is DAP's one and only economic advisor in a coalition in which the other two parties, KeAdilan ("Justice") and PAS (Islamic),economic experti [...]	2008-08-21 09:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL MY
08KUALALUMPUR774	MALAYSIA'S 2009 BUDGET: CARING FOR THE POOR AND THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 29 Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi unveiled to Parliament a populist expansionary 2009 budget proposal designed to garner public support for the ruling coalition government. Billed as a "caring" budget during hard economic times, it increases the government's opera [...]	2008-09-03 08:46:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MY
08KUALALUMPUR775	SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE OIC URGES MORE MALAYSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with GOM officials, local and international Islamic intellectuals, the Islamic Development Bank and media, U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber described proposals for greater USG-OIC cooperation and dialogue. He urged [...]	2008-09-04 01:09:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON KIRF MY
08KUALALUMPUR781	Malaysian Islamic Finance Sector Performs Well During the [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia continues to trumpet the virtues of Islamic finance and its role as a key player in the issuance of Islamic bonds. With no exposure to collateralized debt instruments, the Islamic financial sector has held steady during the sub-prime crisis. Secondary effects of the [...]	2008-09-05 08:44:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MY
08KUALALUMPUR855	OPPOSITION-HELD SELANGOR GETS ON WITH BUSINESS OF [...] (SBU) The Ambassador's call on Selangor Chief Minister Khalid Ibrahim and other embassy meetings in September with state executives provided insights into issues of governance facing the first-ever opposition administration of Malaysia's richest state that surrounds the national capital. The [...]	2008-09-26 05:44:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EINV KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR856	Malaysia initiating newsprint anti-dumping review [...] (U) GOM notified Post of GOM's decision to initiate an administrative review of anti-dumping duties on imports of newsprint in rolls originating in or exported from Canada, Indonesia, Korea, the Philippines, and the United States. 2. (SBU) The text of the diplomatic note follows: "KLN 47/08 [...]	2008-09-26 08:26:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD MY
08KUALALUMPUR895	MALAYSIAN MINISTER OF DOMESTIC TRADE AND CONSUMER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Keith October 8, Minister of Domestic Trade Shahrir reaffirmed Malaysia's desire to conclude the FTA with the U.S. Shahrir confirmed that the Cabinet Ad-Hoc Committee recently had agreed to expand the negotiating mandate to include competition polic [...]	2008-10-10 07:48:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV MY
08KUALALUMPUR897	MALAYSIA FEELING EFFECT OF FINANCIAL CRISIS, [...] (SUB) Malaysia started the financial crisis with relatively good macroeconomic fundamentals and a strong external position for handling shocks to the system. GDP growth was strong, reserves were at USD 125 billion, exports were growing fast and Malaysia enjoyed a substantial balance of paym [...]	2008-10-10 09:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV MY
08KUALALUMPUR921	Malaysian Ministry of Transportation responds to UPS [...] (SBU) EEB/TRA DAS John Byerly met on October 14 with the Malaysian Deputy Secretary General of Transportation Long See Wool to raise the long-standing issue of UPS access to Subang Airport. Byerly told Long the USG wanted to see US carriers were given the opportunity to compete on equal footin [...]	2008-10-20 04:03:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ETRA MY
08KUALALUMPUR926	MALAYSIAN POLICIES ADDRESS FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTIES [...] (U) Summary: On October 16, Malaysia's central bank announced an expanded deposit insurance program designed to dampen local concerns raised by the global financial crisis (septel Singapore). With a 37 percent year-to-date fall of the Malaysian stock market and revised 2009 economic growth fo [...]	2008-10-21 08:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PGOV MY
08KUALALUMPUR965	MALAYSIAN ECONOMY RESILIENT FOR NOW, SAY ECONOMISTS [...] (C) Summary: In the face of the global economic crisis, Malaysia,s central bank has adjusted growth forecast for 2009 down to the 3-4 percent range while private sector economic analysts now expect growth to fall below 3 percent with a chance of recession in 2009 if U.S. demand for Malaysia' [...]	2008-11-03 10:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PGOV MY
08KUALALUMPUR966	MALAYSIAN ECONOMY RESILIENT FOR NOW, SAY ECONOMISTS [...] (C) Summary: In the face of the global economic crisis, Malaysia,s central bank has adjusted growth forecast for 2009 down to the 3-4 percent range while private sector economic analysts now expect growth to fall below 3 percent with a chance of recession in 2009 if U.S. demand for Malaysia' [...]	2008-11-03 23:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PGOV MY
08KUALALUMPUR979	INITIAL MALAYSIAN REACTION TO U.S. PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) The U.S. presidential election result attracted major attention and immediate reactions in Malaysia on November 5. Foreign Minister Rais promptly issued a Malay language statement noting that Senator Obama's victory brings new possibilities in the bilateral relationship, and expressed hop [...]	2008-11-05 11:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM KPAO MY
08KUALALUMPUR983	MALAYSIAN TRADE MINISTER ON BILATERAL FTA AND APEC [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia's Minister for Trade Muhyiddin congratulated the Ambassador on the U.S. elections, noted that Malaysia looked forward to continuing efforts to expand trade and investment ties with U.S. and expressed the hope that the U.S. would not shift to a more protectionist trade [...]	2008-11-06 08:33:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR MY PGOV EINV
08KUALALUMPUR99	Malaysia's 2007 Trade Figures: U.S. Economic Woes Take [...] Summary. After years of strong export growth that has formed the backbone of Malaysia's economy, Malaysia's trade growth leveled off in 2007, with exports growing just 2.7% from 2006. The manufacturing sector, which accounts for 75% of Malaysian exports, grew just 0.2%. A surge in palm oil ex [...]	2008-02-15 09:54:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD MY
08KUWAIT1074	KUWAIT REQUESTS INCLUSION IN GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (C) On October 22, Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al-Sabah, son of the PM and Office Director to the Foreign Minister called the Ambassador to convey Kuwait's strong desire to be included in the global financial summit announced by the President on October 18th. He noted that Kuwait's substantial in [...]	2008-10-22 14:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ECON EINV KW
08KUWAIT1089	KUWAIT'S CENTRAL BANK ACTS DECISIVELY TO STEM [...] (C) Summary: After weeks of relative insulation from the global financial crisis, the GCC banking sector took its first hit on October 26, compelling the Central Bank of Kuwait to shore up the country's second largest bank, Gulf Bank, in the wake of significant trading losses. Gulf Bank's woe [...]	2008-10-30 03:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KU
08KUWAIT1104	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS KUWAITI PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER REF: A. A: KUWAIT 947 B. B: KUWAIT 1088 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 08:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ECON EINV KTFN IZ IR KU
08KUWAIT1108	DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS TOP KUWAITI FISCAL [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt discussed the global response to the financial crisis with the Kuwaiti Finance Minister, Central Bank Governor and the head of the Kuwait Investment Authority on October 30. The Kuwaiti interlocutors agreed on the need for coordinated fol [...]	2008-11-05 11:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON KTFN ETTC KU
08KUWAIT1109	WORLD BANK MANAGER FOR KUWAIT BRIEFS ON PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 3, World Bank Country Manager Radwan Shaban told Ambassador that the Bank would be trying to implement technical assistance programs in three broad fields: improving public sector performance, private sector development, and human resources development (education). [...]	2008-11-05 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV KU
08KUWAIT1123	GULF BANK: BETTING AGAINST THE DOLLAR... AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kuwaiti financial sector continues to feel the impact of Gulf Bank's trading losses (reftel). Speculation abounds as to the extent of the losses, the identity of the "client" who defaulted on derivatives contracts, and the role of the Central Bank of Kuwait in stabilizing Gu [...]	2008-11-11 13:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV KU
08KUWAIT1128	KUWAIT 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] (U) Post's update of the 2009 National Trade Estimate for Kuwait is submitted below. It also has been transmitted to the United States Trade Representative via email. 2. (U) KUWAIT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade deficit with Kuwait is $3 billion for the per [...]	2008-11-12 10:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KU
08KUWAIT1139	GOK DEMONSTRATES PROGRESS ON IPR ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) Summary: Recent actions by the Kuwaiti Government have shown its commitment to improving IPR enforcement. The government has stepped up public efforts to curb the use of illegal software, hardware and pirated CDs/DVDs. (Note: An increase in the number of raids/confiscations took place fo [...]	2008-11-16 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR KU
08KUWAIT1140	COURT ORDER SUSPENDS KUWAITI STOCK TRADING [...] (U) On November 13, A Kuwaiti court ordered the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) to suspend trading until November 17, when the court would consider a case filed by a small number of investors who have incurred losses on the KSE in recent months. The GoK has signaled its intent to appeal the decis [...]	2008-11-16 14:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON KU
08KUWAIT1155	GULF BANK'S $1.4 BILLION RESCUE PACKAGE; [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of massive trading losses in late October, Gulf Bank announced November 17 that its board of directors had approved an emergency capital subscription which will raise $1.4 billion. Existing shareholders are expected to purchase the majority of these shares, with the K [...]	2008-11-20 13:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON KU
08KUWAIT1177	KUWAIT THIRD/FOURTH QUARTER ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT [...] (SBU) Despite the current angst about the stock market's fall (down over 40% YTD) and the very public bail out of Gulf Bank, Kuwait,s economy grew at just under six percent in 2008 and is projected to weaken only slightly next year. Kuwait's government revenues for the first 7 months of the f [...]	2008-12-02 07:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KU
08KUWAIT118	FOREIGN BUSINESS COUNCILS COORDINATE TO TACKLE [...] On January 28, Embassy Kuwait hosted the first-ever meeting of representatives from various foreign business councils in Kuwait to discuss common concerns and ways to collaborate on areas of common interest. Organized in conjunction with the American Business Council, the roundtable was atten [...]	2008-01-31 05:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL KU
08KUWAIT1183	KUWAIT CONFRONTS GLOBAL FINANCIAL WOES: ARE THERE [...] (C) Summary: Amidst the intrigue of Kuwait,s second constitutional crisis of the year, many citizens continue to be concerned by losses on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) and the liquidity squeeze faced by many of the nation,s 95 investment companies. Additionally, many Kuwaiti investors are [...]	2008-12-04 11:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON KU
08KUWAIT1198	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT NON-COMMITTAL ON [...] (C) Ambassador discussed reftel topic with Office Director to the Foreign Minister -- and son of the Prime Minister -- Shaykh Dr. Ahmed Al-Nasser Al-Mohammed. Shaykh Dr. Ahmad expressed surprise at the $500 million donor target and asked if the USG has received feedback from other GCC governme [...]	2008-12-17 07:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ECON PREL KU PK
08KUWAIT1247	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- MEDIA SPECULATES ON GOK DEAL WITH [...] (U) Summary and Comment. As of late Sunday, December 28, Al-Rai and Al-Watan T.V. reported that the Council of Ministers had arrived at a negative decision in regards to the Government of Kuwait (GOK) deal with Dow Chemical. This media reaction cable covers the lead-up to the Council's decis [...]	2008-12-28 14:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINO EPET OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT1253	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- KUWAITI MEDIA COVERAGE OF VIOLENCE [...] (U) Summary and Comment. As of Tuesday, December 30, all Kuwaiti Arabic and English language print dailies continued to publish headlines and pictures related to the ongoing situation in Gaza. In addition to the continued front page news updates, a number of Editors-in-Chief offered editoria [...]	2008-12-30 11:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINO EPET OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT1260	UPDATED COPY OF KUWAIT'S DRAFT COPYRIGHT LAW [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) On December 28, 2008, Embassy Kuwait received in Arabic an updated draft copyright law from the Kuwait Ministry of Information. Post emailed the draft to USTR and the desk. Mana Al-Baghdadi, an attorney at the Ministry of Informat [...]	2008-12-31 13:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU ETRD EINV ECON PGOV
08KUWAIT14	KUWAIT MFA U/S: SYRIA AND IRAN [...] (C) In a December 31 CDA call on MFA U/S Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah, the U/S discussed preparation for the January 11-12 POTUS visit and relevant Kuwait-Iraq border issues (reported septels). Jarallah also expressed deep concern over the political situation in Lebanon and said that "all of t [...]	2008-01-04 09:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KDRG KPAL ETRD ECON KU IR SY
08KUWAIT151	IRANIAN DISSIDENT DISCUSSES CONDITION OF AHWAZI [...] (C) Summary: On January 29, A/Polcouns and Poloff met with Ahmad Eidan Neisi (PROTECT/PROTECT),an Iranian Shi'a cleric and political dissident from the Ahwaz region of southwestern Iran. Neisi sought a meeting with Poloffs to discuss the dire social and economic conditions of Ahwazi ethnic Ar [...]	2008-02-07 13:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PHUM PTER ECON IR KU
08KUWAIT153	KUWAIT RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait Customs Director General Ibrahim Al-Ghanim downplayed Kuwait's adherence to the Arab League Boycott during a February 7 meeting with Econoff. The Arab League Boycott (ALB) Office lies within the Directorate General of Customs and is directly supervised by the DG. Al-Gha [...]	2008-02-07 15:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KBCT PREL ECON ETRD AL KU
08KUWAIT165	SCENESETTER FOR AUSTR DONNELLY'S VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (SBU) Shaun, we look forward to and warmly welcome your visit to Kuwait on February 13 and 14 for the third round of TIFA talks, and the first in Kuwait. In addition to the TIFA Council meeting on February 14, we have arranged meetings for you with the Amir's Economic Advisor Dr. Yousef Al-Ebr [...]	2008-02-11 14:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV KU
08KUWAIT177	KUWAITI MINDEF RECEPTIVE TO ADDITIONAL BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 12, CDA met with Kuwaiti Minister of Defense Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al Sabah to continue discussions on opening an additional border crossing near Camp Bucca and resuming salvage operations in the Khawr Abdullah waterway. This meeting followed General Petraeus' Febru [...]	2008-02-14 15:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ECON MOPS KTIA KU IZ
08KUWAIT207	DAS BUTLER ADVOCATES GREATER KUWAITI ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On February 18, NEA/I DAS Butler met with Under Secretaries in the GOK Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) and the MFA to advocate for greater Kuwaiti engagement with Iraq. Butler called for the GOK to send an Ambassador to Baghdad immediately, open an additional border cros [...]	2008-02-21 06:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ECON ETRD PTER KU IZ
08KUWAIT211	KUWAIT: COMMENTS FOR 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Kuwaiti government agencies significantly improved the level of IPR enforcement activity in 2007 compared to activities in 2006. Kuwait Customs in particular continued to be the most aggressive and most competent agency in impeding the movement of pirated and counterfeit products. Prote [...]	2008-02-21 16:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD KU
08KUWAIT217	KUWAIT AIRWAYS: SETTLEMENT OF JUDGMENT AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: In a February 21 meeting with the CDA and Embassy Baghdad Transportation Attache McCormick, Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) Chairman explained that the decision to settle the USD one billion judgment against Iraq Airways Company (IAC) is not within the authority of KAC, and inste [...]	2008-02-24 13:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAIR ECON KU IZ
08KUWAIT22	SHARIA-COMPLIANT ALAFCO BUYS 66 BOEING AND AIRBUS [...] (U) On December 30, 2007 Aviation Lease and Finance Company (ALAFCO) board Chairman Ahmad Al-Zaben announced that his Kuwait-based company struck a deal worth USD 7 billion to purchase 66 Boeing and Airbus aircraft. This deal is part of ALAFCO's long-term strategy of building a 100 aircraft fl [...]	2008-01-06 13:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BEXP ECON KU
08KUWAIT243	AUSTR DONNELLY PRESSES GOK FOR FURTHER ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: On February 14, a delegation led by Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Shaun Donnelly met with a GOK delegation led by Under Secretary of Commerce and Industry Rasheed Al-Tabtabai for the third round of Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks between the U.S. and K [...]	2008-03-05 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV KU
08KUWAIT306	DOC ANTI-BOYCOTT COMPLIANCE OFFICE COMMENDS GOK [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI),Customs and Kuwaiti Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI),officials from the Department of Commerce (DOC) Anti-boycott Compliance Office commended the progress the GOK has made in eliminating barriers rel [...]	2008-03-17 14:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KBCT PREL ECON ETRD AL KU
08KUWAIT319	KUWAIT-HOSTED BASRAH INVESTMENT CONFERENCE A SMALL [...] (U) The newly established British-Iraqi Basrah Development Commission and the Basrah Provincial Government organized and sponsored Invest Basrah 2008, which was held in Kuwait from March 12-14. This first-of-its-kind investment conference brought together 70 Basrawi government officials and b [...]	2008-03-19 14:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL ECON EAIR EWWT ENRG EPET EAID KU IZ
08KUWAIT345	BASRA FIGHTING PROMPTS GOK TO HEIGHTEN ALERT AT [...] (C) Summary: On March 25, the GOK heightened its alert along the northern border with Iraq. The GOK has increased MOI patrols of the area and placed a Kuwait Armed Forces reconnaissance battalion on alert. These moves come in response to renewed fighting between the GOI and armed militias in [...]	2008-03-27 14:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD SMIG KU IZ
08KUWAIT35	PROMINENT WOMEN'S ACTIVIST ON DISSOLUTION RUMORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA met with prominent women's activist Rola Dashti on January 6 (NOTE: Dashti will attend the Women's Round-table Discussion on Democracy and Development on January 12 with POTUS. END NOTE). Dashti told CDA that she expects the Parliament to be dissolved prior to the scheduled [...]	2008-01-08 15:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KDEM KU KWMN PGOV SOCI KMPI
08KUWAIT394	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DONOR PLEDGES TO AFFORDABLE [...] (C) Following up on Post's March 12 diplomatic note in support of OPIC's program for affordable housing in the West Bank, CDA delivered reftel points during an April 8 meeting with MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah. CDA recommended the program to Al-Jarallah and suggested that the GOK could direct US [...]	2008-04-10 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	IS SA KWBG PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KU
08KUWAIT395	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREPARATION FOR THE PARIS [...] (C) In an April 8 meeting with MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah, CDA delivered reftel points about the June 12 Paris Conference. Al-Jarallah said the GOK had not yet received a formal invitation. 2. (C) CDA also highlighted the USAID-GOA-sponsored April 20-23 Donor Coordination Event in Kabul ac [...]	2008-04-10 14:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	SA KU KDEM EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
08KUWAIT410	INFORMATION ON SOURCE OF POLITICAL IMPASSE IN [...] (S) Summary: The Kuwaiti Cabinet's mass resignation and the Amir's subsequent dissolution of Parliament represent the widely expected culmination of a contentious and dysfunctional relationship between the GOK and Parliament going back several years. In the short term, the dissolution provide [...]	2008-04-15 06:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI ECON KU
08KUWAIT411	POLITICAL OVERVIEW OF KUWAIT IN RUN-UP TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: With candidate registration commencing on April 14, Kuwait's electoral field is beginning to take shape. The GOK is hoping that the new five-district electoral system will deliver more nationally focused candidates as well as a more cooperative Parliament. Islamist candidates sta [...]	2008-04-15 07:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI ECON KU
08KUWAIT435	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S APRIL 21-22, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Embassy Kuwait looks forward to your return for the April 21-22 Iraq Neighbors Conference. Ambassador Jones arrives April 19, and receiving you will be her first official act. In addition to your primary focus on the multilateral Iraq event, the timing is propitious for advancing bila [...]	2008-04-17 14:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON EAID OVIP KU IZ IR
08KUWAIT47	ON EVE OF POTUS VISIT, PARLIAMENT SUDDENLY PASSES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Amidst rumors of parliamentary dissolution and following years of delay in bringing any significant economic reform legislation to a vote, Kuwait's parliament passed three important economic laws on January 9 to privatize Kuwait Airways, to control investment related [...]	2008-01-10 17:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR PGOV EINV ETRD KU IZ
08KUWAIT471	AMONG KUWAITI SHI'A, NATIONAL LOYALTIES RUN DEEP [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait has always had a significant percentage of Shi'a citizens, and Sunni/Shi'a relations are traditionally good. According to most estimates, Shi'a currently constitute 30 percent of all Kuwaiti nationals, numbering some 350,000 individuals. There are also between 150,000 and [...]	2008-05-01 08:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV PINR PTER KISL SOCI ECON KU IZ IR
08KUWAIT488	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - KUWAIT [...] Summary: Rising food prices and agricultural commodity prices are having a significant impact on the economy in Kuwait, especially with regard to inflation. Kuwait has experienced an almost 60 percent increase in food prices in the last year. Prices have dramatically increased in the past f [...]	2008-05-05 12:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD KU
08KUWAIT497	SCANT ENTHUSIASM FOR PALESTINIAN INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Econcouns spoke on May 1 with Shaykh Ali Al Sabah, MFA Director of Economic Affairs, and on May 4 with Rabah Al-Rabah, Deputy Director General of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to discuss the May 21-23 Palestinian Investment Conference in Bethlehem. [...]	2008-05-06 15:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON KPAL KU
08KUWAIT498	PM MALIKI DISCUSSES IRAQ AIRWAYS DEBT WITH GOK [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Cabinet Affairs Faisal al-Hajji on April 21, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki asked the GOK to forgive the debt of 1.2 billion USD owed by Iraq Airways (IAC) to Kuwait Airways (KAC),according to KAC Legal Advisor [...]	2008-05-06 15:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAIR ECON ETRD KU IZ
08KUWAIT526	MFA CONTINUES ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF FIRST [...] (SBU) During the Secretary's visit to Kuwait for the April 22 Iraq Neighbors Conference in Kuwait, the Amir's Chief of Protocol, Shaykh Khaled Al-Abdullah Al Sabah, called DCM to request a meeting with the Secretary for Mohammed Al-Marafie, the owner of First Kuwaiti Trading and Contracting C [...]	2008-05-14 06:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ABLD AMGT ECON IZ KU PREL
08KUWAIT600	A BREAKDOWN OF KUWAIT'S BUDGET [...] Kuwait's 2007/2008 fiscal year ended on March 31. The following is a brief, aggregate summary of the GOK's projected budget and final accounts for 2007/2008 as estimated by the Central Bank and the National Bank of Kuwait. All figures are listed in million USD except Average Oil Price which [...]	2008-05-26 14:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV KU
08KUWAIT604	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S MAY 31-JUNE 1 [...] (C) Secretary Paulson, Embassy Kuwait welcomes you, Mrs. Paulson, and the members of your delegation to Kuwait. While we have requested meetings with the Amir and senior Kuwaiti leadership, we are able at this time to confirm only the Central Bank Governor, Kuwait Investment Authority Managin [...]	2008-05-27 09:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PREL PTER KTFN KU
08KUWAIT613	THE IMPORTANCE (AND FINANCIAL BENEFITS) OF BEING [...] (C) For a small country with a population of approximately 3.2 million, Kuwait possesses tremendous wealth; according the CIA World Fact Book, Kuwait has the world's sixth largest GDP per capita in terms of purchasing power. Kuwaiti citizens, an exclusive group that makes up about one third of [...]	2008-05-28 11:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD TIP KU
08KUWAIT627	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR FAO/WHO [...] Post delivered reftel demarche with CV of Dr. Karen Hulebak on May 19. We will report any substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s Visit Kuwait's Classified [...]	2008-06-02 06:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO KU
08KUWAIT628	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] Post delivered reftel demarche with President Bush's response to the food price crisis on May 20. We will report any substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s [...]	2008-06-02 06:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO KU
08KUWAIT639	KUWAIT AIRWAYS DISAPPOINTED WITH IRAQI PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Econoff on June 1, Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) legal advisor Abdulsattar Setareh expressed disappointment with the Iraqi proposal for debt repayment presented to KAC and the GOK on May 26 and 27. Setareh reported that the Iraqi Finance Minister told KAC the [...]	2008-06-04 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAIR ETRD ECON KU IZ
08KUWAIT663	LEBANON: KUWAIT RESPONSE ON JUNE 23 [...] (C) In response to reftel request seeking host country support for the June 23 reconstruction conference on Lebanon's Nahr Al-Barid refugee camp, Econcouns spoke with Ambassador Jassim Al-Mubaraki, MFA Director of Arab Affairs, on June 5. Al-Mubaraki said he had just met with the Lebanese CD [...]	2008-06-11 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON KU PREF PREL
08KUWAIT668	KUWAIT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOLDS FIRST NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) hosted a two-day national conference on Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) on June 9 and 10. The conference included seminars and roundtable discussions that brought together IPR experts from the private and pub [...]	2008-06-12 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD KU
08KUWAIT733	AMBASSADOR JONES' COURTESY CALL WITH KUWAITI [...] (U) AMB Jones met on June 12 with newly appointed Kuwaiti Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for Municipality Affairs H.E. Dr. Fadhil Safar Ali Safar. Minister Safar aims to prioritize the development of Public Works personnel and information systems to enhance the work and capabi [...]	2008-06-26 14:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN
08KUWAIT734	EMBASSY KUWAIT RESPONSE TO FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait provides substantial foreign assistance, primarily, but not exclusively to Islamic countries, in line with its foreign policy priorities. Kuwait gives an estimated USD 1 billion annually to 100-plus countries, with significant assistance for Lebanon, the Palestinian Terri [...]	2008-06-26 14:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EL AL
08KUWAIT785	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON KUWAIT'S [...] (U) The Ambassador met July 9 with newly appointed Kuwaiti Minister of Communications Abdul Rahman Al-Ghunaim. Al-Ghunaim, an American educated 23-year veteran of the Ministry of Communications, known locally as the father of Kuwait's telephone system, was selected by the Prime Minister to re [...]	2008-07-10 12:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELTN KU
08KUWAIT789	NEW HEALTH MINISTER: MORE HOSPITALS, FEWER MEDICAL [...] (U) Summary. The Ambassador and new Minister of Health Ali Al-Barrak laid the groundwork for USG-GOK cooperation in the healthcare sector during a very cordial meeting on July 8. The Minister highlighted the GOK's intention to build additional hospitals, which the Ambassador noted would be [...]	2008-07-13 06:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KU PGOV PREL
08KUWAIT79	GOK APPEALS TO STOP DESIGNATION OF KUWAITI [...] (C) Director of the MFA Americas Desk Ambassador Ali Hussain Al-Sammak sought an urgent meeting with CDA on January 17 to request, on instruction from the Kuwait FM, that the U.S. use "its good offices" to end the initiative to designate three Kuwaiti terrorist financiers (Hamid Al-Ali, Jaber [...]	2008-01-17 17:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
08KUWAIT794	NEW MINISTER OF HOUSING: BREAKING GROUND ON [...] (C) Minister for Housing and Development Affairs Dr. Moudhi Abdul Aziz Al-Homoud told Ambassador she will deal with the uncertainties of Kuwaiti's obstreperous "revolving governments" (Note: with two dissolutions in as many years. End Note.) by focusing on a "five-year development plan" aimed [...]	2008-07-14 09:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KU PGOV PREL
08KUWAIT795	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-14 13:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO KU
08KUWAIT841	KFAED DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL: BUREAUCRATIC [...] (U) Senior Advisor for Southern Iraq Affairs Gordon Gray met with Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) Deputy Director General Ghanim Al-Ghunaiman on July 22. Al-Ghunaiman discussed current and future assistance programs in Iraq and asked for assistance in identifying an appropri [...]	2008-07-24 14:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON IZ KPAL KU PREL EINV LE
08KUWAIT857	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADDITIONAL KUWAIT JET FUEL [...] (C) Oil Minister assured Ambassador Jones on July 30 that additional Jet A-1 fuel would likely be available in September but could not be released currently due to increased demands on Kuwaiti energy grids during the traditionally high consumption month of August. 2. (C) Econoff earlier [...]	2008-07-31 06:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KU MCAP
08KUWAIT91	MFA PASSES PAPER DEFENDING FIRST KUWAITI'S WORK AT [...] (SBU) At a January 11 dinner hosted by the Amir in honor of President Bush, MFA Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah requested that we pass a paper and DVD to Assistant Secretary Welch in support of First Kuwait Trading and Contracting Company's work in building the New Embassy Compound in Baghd [...]	2008-01-24 05:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABLD AMGT ECON IZ KU PREL
08KUWAIT936	(S) SCENESETTER FOR THE KUWAIT PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (S) Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Ahmed al-Jaber Al Sabah's September 18-19 visit to Washington offers a timely opportunity to honor and reaffirm the unique and indispensable security relationship between our two countries; it is also an important opportunity to encourage the PM [...]	2008-09-02 15:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER CVIS MASS ECON EINV IR IZ KU
08KUWAIT977	KUWAIT INVESTMENT AUTHORITY MD TO AMBASSADOR: KIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 9, KIA Chairman Al-Saad told Ambassador that KIA would have no problem meeting most of the objectives in the draft Generally Accepted Principles and Practices for Sovereign Wealth Funds. He reiterated his contention, however, that government investors were being t [...]	2008-09-11 16:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV KW
08KYIV1045	UKRAINE SUPPORTS U.S POSITIONS FOR ICAO AVIATION [...] (SBU) Post delivered talking points in reftel to the State Aviation Authority on May 22. On May 29 Deputy Econ Counselor and EconOff met with Ukrainian State Aviation Administration (SAA) officials to follow up. Deputy Head of the Aviation Security Department Valeriy Baranov confirmed that th [...]	2008-05-29 15:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER UP
08KYIV1047	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF COMMERCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Ukraine comes as the fragile two-vote majority coalition struggles to move ahead with an ambitious agenda as dissension between the two parties increases. All eyes are on whether Prime Minister Tymoshenko and President Yushchenko can work together better than they [...]	2008-05-29 15:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV EINV UP
08KYIV1056	UKRAINE CONTINUES DIALOGUE WITH PHARMACEUTICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOU held a public roundtable on May 28 to discuss IPR enforcement issues of importance to the pharmaceutical industry. GOU reps said they were now implementing the data exclusivity provisions agreed to as part of Ukraine's accession to the WTO, but admitted that generic dru [...]	2008-06-02 07:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV1108	UKRAINE: AVIATION HEAD DISCUSSES PROGRESS ON AIR [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukrainian State Aviation (SAA) officials discussed progress on outstanding issues including an upcoming International Civil Air Organization (ICAO) safety assessment scheduled for June 17. The SAA hopes that a positive ICAO assessment will fast-track it for an FAA safety reass [...]	2008-06-06 13:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER UP
08KYIV13	UKRAINE: HIGHER GAS PRICE WON'T SLOW ECONOMY, BUT COULD HIT HOUSEHOLDS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 07:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON UP
08KYIV1411	UKRAINE: USG-FUNDED IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING [...] Summary: Post, in cooperation with CLDP (Commerce),on July 9-10 held an IPR enforcement workshop for Ukrainian judges, the second in a series of events that are part of a STATE/INL-funded, IPR training initiative. Seventeen judges, mostly from southern Ukraine, as well as representatives fro [...]	2008-07-22 10:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV1461	UKRAINE: GOU SIGNALS INTEREST IN TRILATERAL BYPASS PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Deputy Energy Minister Volodymyr Makukha signaled interest to DAS Matthew Bryza on July 24 in a possible EU/USG/GOU project to boost gas transit capacity through Ukraine in exchange for increased transparency in Ukraine's energy sector by constructing the Bohorodchany-Uzhgorod bypass pipe [...]	2008-07-30 12:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV1869	UKRAINE: PASSAGE OF JOINT STOCK COMPANY LAW A [...] Summary: Ukraine's parliament passed a new Joint Stock Company Law on September 17. The law was among the top priorities of any list of desperately needed economic reforms, and its passage, by a large bipartisan majority, is a remarkable piece of good news at a time of intense political infig [...]	2008-09-19 10:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV PGOV UP
08KYIV194	UKRAINE: SENATOR LUGAR HEARS THAT ENERGY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: In Kyiv meetings with Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) January 15-16, President Yushchenko, PM Tymoshenko, opposition representatives and local business leaders all discussed the importance of energy issues for Ukraine. President Yushchenko talked in detail about ways to transport Cen [...]	2008-01-29 13:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON PGOV UP
08KYIV1959	UKRAINE SNEEZES, HAVING CAUGHT THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC COLD [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite Ukraine's expansion in trade and industry over the past several years, the global financial crisis has generated knock-on effects, potentially harming the country's economic prospects. In contrast to the first quarter of 2008, when analysts pointed to risks of rampant [...]	2008-10-02 04:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON XH UP
08KYIV196	UKRAINE: NEW GOU PROMISES SWIFT ACTION ON VAT, OPIC [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-30 08:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND UP
08KYIV1995	UKRAINIAN CURRENCY IN SLIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's external vulnerabilities - including a substantial slowdown in capital flows, worsening terms of trade, and a large current account deficit (reftel) - have caught up with the economy, leading to a swift hryvnia (UAH) depreciation in recent days. Although the National [...]	2008-10-07 12:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON XH UP
08KYIV2002	NBU INTERVENES TO SLOW HRYVNIA CURRENCY SLIDE [...] (U) Responding to the weakening hryvnia (UAH),National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Council Chairman Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday announced that the official exchange rate for this year would be changed to UAH 4.95/$ plus or minus 8 percent from the previous UAH 4.85/$ plus or minus 4 percent. Despi [...]	2008-10-09 06:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UP XH
08KYIV2028	UKRAINE: NBU INTERVENES TO SLOW HRYVNIA CURRENCY SLIDE [...] (U) Responding to the weakening hryvnia (UAH),National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Council Chairman Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday announced that the official exchange rate for this year would be changed to UAH 4.95/$ plus or minus 8 percent from the previous UAH 4.85/$ plus or minus 4 percent. Despi [...]	2008-10-14 06:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UP XH
08KYIV2030	UKRAINIAN NATIONAL BANK IMPOSES CAPITAL CONTROLS [...] (U) Summary. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU),pressed to stop a run on deposits in commercial banks, sharply tightened capital controls on October 13. The measures effectively prevent Ukraine's banking system, which has relied heavily on foreign borrowing to fuel its breakneck growth in [...]	2008-10-14 14:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2097	UKRAINE IMF VISIT HIGHLIGHTS DEEPENING BANK CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not commenting on the substance of its ongoing discussions with the government of Ukraine (GOU) on a possible support program, but its representatives told us on October 17 that the delegation's stay in Kyiv was open-ended. PM Tymoshenk [...]	2008-10-17 17:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2105	UKRAINE'S BUSINESSES TENSE; IMF AND NSDC DELIBERATE [...] (SBU) Summary. With ongoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiations and an emergency session of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) as the backdrop, Ukraine's politicians swapped jabs, while businesses scrambled to cover their mounting losses. No announcement was made abo [...]	2008-10-20 15:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2111	TYMOSHENKO APPEALS TO USG: UKRAINE HAS "HOURS, NOT [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See Summary and Paragraphs 11 and 12. Summary ------- 2. (C) At a late night meeting on October 20, Prime Minister Tymoshenko told the Ambassador that Ukraine had "hours, and not days" to restore confidence in the country's financial system. The situatio [...]	2008-10-21 14:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL ECON ETRD XH UP
08KYIV2113	UKRAINE CRISIS MEASURES PASSED TO UN-DISSOLVED RADA [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) approved a series of as yet unpublished anti-crisis proposals on October 20, designed to stave off a worsening financial emergency. President Viktor Yushchenko temporarily lifted his decree on parliament's dissolution to a [...]	2008-10-21 15:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2128	POLITICS CONTINUE TO TRUMP ECONOMICS IN UKRAINE [...] (C) Continuing political turmoil threatens to hold up potential IMF assistance to Ukraine. On October 23, PM Tymoshenko's government submitted anti-crisis legislation, and demanded that any election legislation be shelved until emergency economic measures were in place. President Yushchenko' [...]	2008-10-23 14:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD UP
08KYIV2130	UKRAINE CURRENCY DOWN 20 PERCENT; RADA DIVIDED ON [...] (SBU) Summary. While Rada factions were busy haggling over three competing versions of anti-crisis measures, the hryvnia exchange rate slipped dramatically on October 23. Embassy contacts in the real estate and transportation sectors report more dismal news, indicating general woes throughou [...]	2008-10-23 15:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP

08KYIV2138	THE RADA FIDDLES... [...] (C) On October 24, the Rada was again unable to reach consensus on legislation to address Ukraine's looming economic crisis. Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) MPs once again blocked the rostrum to prevent voting on any anti-legislation tied to election funding -- and even allegedly disabled some Rada vo [...]	2008-10-24 14:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD UP
08KYIV2139	EBRD: UKRAINE NEEDS $20 BILLION IMF PACKAGE "TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-24 15:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL ECON ETRD XH UP
08KYIV2141	UKRAINE: HRYVNIA CONTINUES ITS SLIDE AS [...] (SBU) The hryvnia continues its slide against the dollar, having crossed the psychologically important barrier of 6 UAH/$ on October 24-25. It appears that demand for dollars by ordinary Ukrainians, fearful of further devaluation and inflation, is beginning to drive movements in the market, a [...]	2008-10-25 14:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PREL ECON ETRD XH UP
08KYIV2187	UKRAINE: KYIVITES BRACE FOR INCREASED PUBLIC [...] (SBU) In the midst of Ukraine's heightened economic instability, the Kyiv City Council on November 1 approved steep rate hikes for public transportation (metro, busses, and trams). Public transportation rates have not increased in Kyiv since 2000, when the cost was raised from 30 kopecks ($0. [...]	2008-11-03 14:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON SOCI UP
08KYIV2188	UKRAINE: U.S. AMBASSADOR VISITS SUMY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Taylor on September 25 became the first U.S. Ambassador to officially visit the Sumy Oblast (region) in northeastern Ukraine. The Ambassador met with the Governor and the Mayor of the city of Sumy before attending Sumy's International Economic Forum. He also spoke [...]	2008-11-03 15:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON UP
08KYIV2191	RADA PASSES FINAL ANTI-CRISIS LEGISLATION: [...] (C) On October 31 the Rada passed compromise anti-crisis legislation, a critical step towards Ukraine's receipt of a $16.5 billion IMF assistance package (Ref A). PM Yuliya Tymoshenko's BYuT and Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) voted with a majority of Lytvyn Bloc MPs to pass the le [...]	2008-11-03 16:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN UP
08KYIV2221	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ TURNS OFF TAP TO DELINQUENT GAS [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas company Naftohaz Ukrainy has refused to supply gas to some of its subsidiary companies until debts to Naftohaz are paid. The socially unpopular decision has resulted in the closing of some schools and public buildings due to a lack of heat. Th [...]	2008-11-07 13:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON UP
08KYIV2224	NBU STABILIZES HRYVNIA, BUT FURTHER WEAKENING NECESSARY [...] (SBU) The hryvnia has stabilized in the past week as a result of the National Bank of Ukraine's new policy to sell unlimited amounts of dollars at an exchange rate that it resets daily. The strategy is probably draining the NBU's reserves, which stood at $31.9 billion on October 31, but the NB [...]	2008-11-10 09:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2259	UKRAINE: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CRIMEAN ECONOMY, [...] (U) This is the first of two cables on the economy in Crimea. The second cable will focus on Russia's influence on the Crimean economy and will examine the city of Sevastopol. 2. (SBU) Summary: Economic development in Crimea has fallen behind other parts of Ukraine despite great potential, [...]	2008-11-17 15:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PINR RS UP
08KYIV2263	EXPECT SOCIAL UNREST AND GROWTH OF RADICAL [...] (C) A disaffected but influential Party of Regions MP told the Ambassador that an additional three million Ukrainians could lose their jobs in the next few months and that the country's leaders do not comprehend the magnitude of the economic crisis. He predicted the Party of Regions would be [...]	2008-11-18 15:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON UP
08KYIV2265	UKRAINE: IPR ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: GOU, Embassy, and industry representatives discussed efforts to combat counterfeit agrochemicals at a November 14 IPR Enforcement Cooperation Group (ECG) meeting. Constructive GOU-industry dialogue on this topic continued several days later under the auspices of the European Bu [...]	2008-11-19 11:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV2297	UKRAINE: THE CRIMEAN ECONOMY, PART II - RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues to be the largest foreign investor in Crimea, although there is disagreement over whether Russian investment is mainly commercially motivated, and hence good for development, or whether the Kremlin directs it for political purposes. Crimean authorities support Ru [...]	2008-11-24 08:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV RS UP
08KYIV2304	VISIT OF SENATOR CORKER TO KYIV [...] (SBU) Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) visited Kyiv November 8-10; and met with Foreign Minister Ohryzko, Deputy Ministers of Energy Pavlush, Deputy Minister of Economy Boitsun, and Rada Committee Chair for Taxation and Customs Teriokhin. Discussions focused on Ukraine's NATO aspirations, domestic [...]	2008-11-24 14:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ETRD ECON UP
08KYIV2340	UKRAINE: DOLLAR AUCTIONS TO OFFSET FALLING HRYVNIA [...] (SBU) The hryvnia traded around 6.7/$ on the interbank market on November 26, down roughly 3 percent from the previous day and falling from 6.0/$ a week ago. On Kyiv streets, dollar bids started around 6.65/$ with offers topping 7.0/$. Speculation about a developing black market filtered into [...]	2008-11-28 05:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2438	UKRAINE ON LRTAP CONVENTION AND PROTOCOLS [...] (SBU) Post delivered the reftel demarche to the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine, the body responsible for LRTAP issues and protocols, and sent a formal query with attached information on the U.S. LRTAP position, translated into Ukrainian. 2. (SBU) According to Olga Zverev [...]	2008-12-12 15:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV
08KYIV2439	UKRAINE: KYIVITES FACE HOT WATER CUTOFFS AS GAS DEBTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Thousands of Kyivites woke up to no hot water on December 12. For now, the cutoff has not affected the center of Kyiv, but is focused on outlying residential areas characterized by high-density block apartments. Kyivenergo, Kyiv's largest heat producing company, reported it was [...]	2008-12-12 15:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON UP
08KYIV2460	UKRAINE: USG-FUNDED IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING [...] Summary: Post on December 5 held a workshop on combating internet piracy primarily for Ukrainian police, the fourth in a series of events that are part of a STATE/INL-funded, IPR training initiative. Some thirty police officials, from the Kyiv central office and the regions, and one prosecuto [...]	2008-12-17 14:50:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV2464	UKRAINIAN HRYVNIA IN FREEFALL AS NBU BOTCHES POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. A casualty of the worsening financial crisis, Ukraine's currency has lost another 12 percent of its value in recent days. Following an interim visit by the IMF to monitor GOU progress in implementing the $16.4 billion Stand-By Arrangement (SBA),the National Bank of Ukraine (N [...]	2008-12-18 13:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2532	IMF NEGATIVE ON UKRAINE BUDGET BOMB [...] (SBU) Summary. The local IMF office has unofficially told us that the 2009 budget is "quite negative" and likened the budget's failure to reign in pension outlays to an "exploding bomb." According to the IMF, the 2009 budget is based on unrealistic macroeconomic projections and a 2.97 percent [...]	2008-12-30 15:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2538	UKRAINE PRESIDENT AND PM APPEAL TO IMF [...] (SBU) Summary. In an unusual display of cooperation, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko sent a joint letter (full text below) to IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on December 30, confirming their intention to adhere to IMF conditionalities. S [...]	2008-12-31 10:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV286	ROSUKRENERGO CRUNCHED BY CENTRAL ASIAN COLD SPELL? [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-05 12:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ECON ENRG UP
08KYIV314	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO PROMISES TO PAY GAS DEBT, [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko took Ukraine's gas dispute with Russia (ref A) public on February 11. She acknowledged that NaftoHaz owed gas intermediaries RosUkrEnergo (RUE) and UkrHazEnergo (UHE) $1.07 billion for gas deliveries in October-December 2007, and said Ukraine w [...]	2008-02-11 14:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
08KYIV336	UKRAINE CLAIMS VICTORY IN GAS DEAL THAT WILL [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko are both calling the gas deal struck on February 12 in Moscow a victory for Ukraine. Yushchenko and President Putin announced the deal moments before the deadline set by Gazprom to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine expired. Ukrai [...]	2008-02-13 14:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
08KYIV34	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO HITS THE GROUND RUNNING [...] (C) Summary. At a time when most of Kyiv slows down for the holidays, Prime Minister Tymoshenko has pushed full-steam ahead in her first month in office to get Ukraine's financial house in order, fulfill key election promises, and get her team on the ground and working. Tymoshenko was confir [...]	2008-01-11 12:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR UP
08KYIV404	UKRAINE IPR: 2008 SPECIAL 301 -- POST INPUT [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: Embassy recommends Ukraine remain on the Special 301 Priority Watch List, which is statutorily accompanied by Section 306 monitoring (ref A),although the Government of Ukraine continues to move in the right direction on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) prot [...]	2008-02-21 13:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV450	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NAFTOHAZ [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 11:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
08KYIV451	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NAFTOHAZ [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 11:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
08KYIV455	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR IN LVIV HEARS VIEWS ON EURO [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a February 19-21 visit to the city of Lviv in western Ukraine, the Ambassador met with the First Deputy Oblast Governor Valery Pyatak, Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadoviy, and a group of young local politicians representing the political parties Pora, Svoboda, Ukrainian [...]	2008-02-28 10:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV456	UKRAINE: IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FUNDS PROGRAM STARTS WITH [...] (U) Summary: Post, in cooperation with CLDP (Commerce),launched a new IPR training initiative -- funded by STATE/INL -- with an IPR enforcement workshop for Ukrainian judges February 12-14. The event drew strong participation from 26 judges representing nearly all of Ukraine's geographical re [...]	2008-02-28 10:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV461	UKRAINE: GAZPROM AGAIN THREATENS UKRAINE OVER DEBT, [...] (U) Summary. Gazprom has indicated it had grown tired of Ukraine's inability to sign and implement the February 12 gas agreement announced by Putin and Yushchenko and threatened to reduce gas supplies to Ukraine by 25 percent beginning on March 3, moving up a previously announced deadline of M [...]	2008-02-29 13:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ECON ENRG UP
08KYIV469	UKRAINE: GAZPROM MAKES GOOD ON THREAT--REDUCES GAS [...] (U) At 9:34 a.m. Kyiv time, NaftoHaz press officials told us that the state-owned gas pipeline operator Ukrtranshaz had received an official telegram from Gazprom confirming that gas supplies to Ukraine would be reduced by 30 million cubic meters (mcm) per day for an unspecified time. The ann [...]	2008-03-03 11:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV471	UKRAINE: GAZPROM REDUCES GAS TO UKRAINE BY ANOTHER [...] (SBU) On March 3, hours after informing NaftoHaz by telegram that gas supplies had been reduced by 25%, Gazprom sent a second telegram announcing an additional 10% reduction in gas supplies, which Gazprom said brought the total reduction to 40 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas per day. NaftoHa [...]	2008-03-04 08:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV483	UKRAINE: MARCH 5 UPDATE ON GAS DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. A day after Gazprom reduced gas supplies to Ukraine by 35%, Gazprom tacked on an additional 25% reduction at 19:00 Kyiv time on March 4. Before reductions began, Ukraine's state gas and oil company, NaftoHaz, received 152.7 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas per day, but now re [...]	2008-03-05 09:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV503	UKRAINE IPR: GOU TRYING TO IMPROVE HOLOGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission hosted an IPR roundtable on March 5 with participation from the GOU and rights holders to discuss the hologram sticker program for optical discs. Industry reps laid out their concerns regarding the technical design of the hologram sticker, the process of [...]	2008-03-07 11:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV528	UKRAINE: IP RIGHTS HOLDERS STILL DISSATISFIED WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The recording industry remains concerned about public performance piracy -- the failure of intellectual property users to make royalty payments -- in Ukraine. The industry regards Ukrainian TV stations as particularly problematic. Industry reps would like to see increased crim [...]	2008-03-13 13:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV580	UKRAINE: TERMS OF RECENT GAS AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) On March 13, Ukrainian news service "Ukrainska Pravda" published what it called the latest authentic version of the March 12 gas agreement between Gazprom and NaftoHaz entitled "Agreement on the Development of Gas Sector Relations." To date, no government officials have denied the authen [...]	2008-03-18 12:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV632	UKRAINE: CUSTOMS HEAD SERIOUS ABOUT REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: The head of Ukraine's Customs Service Valeriy Khoroshkovskiy outlined his plan for Customs reform during an introductory meeting with Ambassador on March 21. Khoroshkovskiy boasted of the early success of his anti- smuggling campaign, which was meant to increase customs revenues [...]	2008-03-27 12:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON UP
08KYIV801	UKRAINE: GOU ANNOUNCES NATURAL GAS PRICE HIKES [...] (SBU) On April 14, the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers (CabMin) published a resolution recommending a 3-5% monthly increase in natural gas prices for individual consumers beginning in May. The move was unexpected, as the media and most energy experts predicted that PM Tymoshenko would not rais [...]	2008-04-24 10:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV821	UKRAINE: IPR ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION GROUP [...] Summary: GOU, Embassy and industry representatives discussed copyright issues and GOU inter-agency cooperation at an April 23 Enforcement Cooperation Group (ECG) meeting. The GOU officials present agreed to push for a Cabinet of Ministers Resolution to raise the stature of the government's IPR [...]	2008-04-25 07:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV874	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO/TYMOSHENKO RIVALRY HITS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOU's ambitious privatization plans have fallen victim to the political rivalry between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko (Refs A and B). Following the latest iteration of their drawn out privatization battle characterized by dueling decrees, court rulings [...]	2008-05-08 08:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV ETRD EIND UP
08LAGOS100	NIGERIA COMMERCIAL AVIATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. carrier North American Airlines announced it will cease all scheduled passenger service, leaving Delta Airlines as the sole air carrier connecting the United States and Nigeria. A dispute between local airlines and the airport authorities over use of the new domestic term [...]	2008-03-13 13:34:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV NI
08LAGOS116	NIGERIA: WIDESPREAD IPR VIOLATIONS INCREASE COSTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The prevalence of software piracy in large, established Nigerian companies and in the movie industry hinders Microsoft in identifying domestic partners in the fight to enforce intellectual property rights. U.S. company Schlumberger faces theft of proprietary information required [...]	2008-03-28 06:40:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON PGOV NI
08LAGOS132	NIGERIA: PORT PRIVATIZATION YIELDS MIXED RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: During visit of Nigeria Desk Officer and EconOff of Lagos ports on March 11, efforts to modernize and clean up the Apapa Container Terminal have born fruit in some areas. The privatization of the Lagos ports that began in 2006 has introduced greater efficiency in operations, ma [...]	2008-04-10 15:58:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV NI
08LAGOS143	NIGERIA: AES CORPORATION TO PURSUE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 28 meeting with EconOffs, U.S. company AES Corporation said it will pursue international arbitration if the Government of Nigeria (GON) does not pay an owed USD 17.5 million and honor the terms of a power purchase agreement between AES and the Power Holding Compan [...]	2008-04-18 07:21:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV ECON NI
08LAGOS147	NIGERIA: OPIC SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUNDS IN THE [...] Summary: The objectives of OPIC,s supported GEF African Consumer Fund are compatible with the Government of Nigeria's desire for more and longer-term equity investment in private companies operating in sectors that do not traditionally receive funds. More private equity funds are needed for [...]	2008-04-22 05:57:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON NI
08LAGOS169	NIGERIA: HERNANDO DE SOTO TELLS LAGOS GOVERNOR HOW TO MAKE [...] (U) Summary: Delegates to the 22-25 April Lagos State Economic summit discussed the challenges facing Lagos city as it attempts to transform itself from a congested urban environment to a modern mega city. Renowned economist Hernando De Soto said a property titling system can create access to [...]	2008-05-12 08:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV NI
08LAGOS171	NIGERIA: BAKERS STRIKE TO PROTEST RISING COSTS [...] (U) Summary: Members of Master Bakers Association of Nigeria on May 5 embarked on a weeklong strike to protest the rising price of wheat flour. Bread now sells for 10 to 20 percent more than last month. Although the Government of Nigeria announced plans to import more rice to combat the risin [...]	2008-05-13 15:19:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON NI
08LAGOS201	NIGERIA: AFRICA FINANCE CORPORATION: DEVELOPMENT BANK OR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yar'Adua has ordered an investigation into the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) role in establishing the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC),which was set up in 2007 as an alternative to the African Development Bank (ADB). The AFC is owned by African banks (44 percent),i [...]	2008-06-10 06:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
08LAGOS229	NIGERIA: CIVIL AVIATION ROUND UP [...] (U) Summary: Top officials of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Federal Airport Authority, and other civil aviation agencies will relocate to Abuja from Lagos in July 2008. In addition, the high cost of fuel has caused Delta Airlines to postpone indefinitely plans to fly from New York to [...]	2008-07-02 06:53:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EINV NI
08LAGOS240	NIGERIA: TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN LAGOS SLOW-GOING, BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Lagos State Government (LASG) is attacking head-on go-slows (traffic jams) that hinder the Lagos mega-city's development plan. Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) is implementing its Transportation Master Plan, consisting of water ferries, light rail, and bus [...]	2008-07-09 14:33:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN ECON EFIN EINV NI
08LAGOS241	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 16-30 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...]	2008-07-10 06:10:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS NI
08LAGOS242	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 16-30 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...]	2008-07-10 06:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS NI
08LAGOS246	NIGERIA: BAYELSA GOVERNOR CALLS GGESS EXCELLENT [...] (C) Summary: Bayelsa Governor Timipre told Acting Consul General June 17 that he sees the Gulf of Guinea Energy Security Strategy (GGESS) meetings as an excellent forum in which to discuss the Niger Delta; he wants to open dialogue between Bayelsa State and the United States as well. Silva has [...]	2008-07-10 06:17:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET NI
08LAGOS249	NIGERIA: DELTA STATE NDDC & NATIONAL OIL SPILL [...] (SBU) Summary: A Delta State Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) representative told Poloff on May 6 that state NDDC offices are now empowered to create a due process mechanism similar to that adopted by the national office in Port Harcourt. Delta State's three large road construction p [...]	2008-07-10 14:52:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV EPET ECON NI
08LAGOS266	NIGERIA: U.S. TREASURY VISITOR HEARS STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES [...] (U) Summary: During June 19-20 meetings with Richard Hall, U.S. Department of Treasury, stakeholders in the Nigeria's banking and financial sectors identified several weaknesses: the banking sector's inability to absorb excess liquidity through sound medium to long term investments; bank asset [...]	2008-07-18 12:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ENRG NI
08LAGOS270	NIGERIA: TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN LAGOS SLOW-GOING, BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Lagos State Government (LASG) is attacking head-on go-slows (traffic jams) that hinder the Lagos mega-city's development plan. Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) is implementing its Transportation Master Plan, consisting of water ferries, light rail, and bus [...]	2008-07-21 14:14:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN ECON EFIN EINV NI
08LAGOS277	NIGERIA: CIVIL AVIATION ROUND UP [...] (U) Summary: Top officials of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Federal Airport Authority, and other civil aviation agencies will relocate to Abuja from Lagos in July 2008. In addition, the high cost of fuel has caused Delta Airlines to postpone indefinitely plans to fly from New York to [...]	2008-07-21 14:20:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EINV NI
08LAGOS283	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 16-30 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...]	2008-07-21 14:34:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS NI
08LAGOS284	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 16-30 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...]	2008-07-21 14:34:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS NI
08LAGOS290	NIGERIA: U.S. TREASURY VISITOR DISCUSSES HOUSING AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During June 19-20 meetings with Richard Hall, U.S. Department of Treasury, Nigerian bankers and financiers expressed concerns about the need for more coherence in Nigeria's financial regulatory environment. Housing and mortgages hold the most promise for investment and high retu [...]	2008-07-23 14:28:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ENRG NI
08LAGOS3	NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AS IMPLEMENTED IN LAGOS [...] (U) Summary: The Lagos state government presently has no specified office overseeing procurement; each ministry or agency executes its own annual budget. The Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget acts as a "due process" office; it monitors and evaluates contracts and projects to ensure that [...]	2008-01-03 13:15:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV NI
08LAGOS315	NIGERIA: REPORT CASTS DOUBTS ON VIABILITY OF AFRICA FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 23, news media reported the submission of a report by the Presidential Committee set up by President Yar'Adua to investigate the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Chukwuma Soludo's role in setting up the Africa Finanace Corporation (AFC),a multilateral development c [...]	2008-08-07 07:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
08LAGOS318	NIGERIA: STAKEHOLDERS BRIEF U/S JEFFERY ON BLEAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria's top electric power sector companies told Under Secretary of State Reuben Jeffery July 26 that the Government of Nigeria (GON) would not attain its ambitious goals to significantly expand electricity generation and distribution with its current policy mix, which discour [...]	2008-08-11 08:26:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV ECON NI
08LAGOS321	NIGERIA: LAGOS' THIRD MAINLAND BRIDGE CLOSURE [...] (SBU) Summary: The partial closure of the Lagos Third Mainland Bridge, the arterial road between the city's commercial islands and the mainland, will last from early August to October, severely disrupting already congested traffic. The Federal Government and the Lagos State Government's (LASG) [...]	2008-08-11 12:04:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN ECON PGOV NI
08LAGOS322	NIGERIA: GGESS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Subcommittee on Sustainable Development (SSD) of the Gulf of Guinea Energy Security Strategy (GGESS) met on July 14 in Akwa Ibom (AI) State. Participants for the State Government, international oil companies, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and banks agreed to provi [...]	2008-08-11 15:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID ECON EPET NI
08LAGOS324	NIGERIA: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR BRIEFS U/S JEFFERY [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Reuben Jeffery met July 25 with Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola (Action Congress). Fashola briefed the U/S on his efforts to develop Lagos State and was generally optimistic about the progress of democracy in Nigeria. Fashola [...]	2008-08-13 10:51:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL EINV ENRG EFIN ELTN EAGR NI
08LAGOS341	NIGERIA: NATIONAL TAX POLICY ELICITS MIXED RESPONSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria's Draft National Tax Policy (DNTP) proposes sweeping reforms to the current tax system, including a shift from direct to indirect taxation; a simplified tax regime; and centralized tax authorities at the federal level. The private sector considers the formulation of a na [...]	2008-08-28 14:22:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
08LAGOS353	NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION TO HALT STOCK MARKET'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Nigeria adopted a series of measures and commissioned a Presidential Advisory Team to halt the decline in the Nigerian stock market. Since March, the market recorded a 30 percent loss in market capitalization. Industry interlocutors feared that the policy meas [...]	2008-09-08 06:27:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV NI
08LAGOS377	ANPP LEADER: "NIGERIA IN A STATE OF INSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the first civilian governor of Edo State and now a leader in the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP),told Poloff and Polspec on September 10 that he believed Nigeria is "slowly sliding into anarchy" as a result of "institutional collapse" which he blamed on [...]	2008-09-24 07:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON ELTN NI
08LAGOS378	NIGERIAN: LOCAL DRUG MANUFACTURERS PUSH FOR IMPORT BAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Group of Nigeria (PMGMAN) is lobbying the Government of Nigeria (GON) for an import ban on additional pharmaceutical products, claiming that local manufacturing capacity is sufficient to meet Nigerian demand. Should the GON impose an import ban, m [...]	2008-09-25 07:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND EAID ECON PGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS385	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR AND INTERAGENCY TEAM VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During a September 27 interagency team visit to Bayelsa State to discuss development and political issues, Governor Timipre Silva told Ambassador (POL-ECON Lagos notetaker) that he, the other Niger Delta Governors, as well as the leadership in Abuja are growing impatient with mili [...]	2008-10-02 06:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
08LAGOS386	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR HEARS BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador led an interagency team to Bayelsa September 27 for a one-day orientation trip to look at possible partnerships through a pilot program that would focus on youth needs and development (see septel on these issues),but also had the opportunity, on the three hour drive fr [...]	2008-10-02 06:12:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
08LAGOS398	NIGERIA SURPRISES WITH MODEL PROGRAM FOR SEA [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-08 07:16:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON NOAA EFIS SENV NI
08LAGOS399	NIGERIA: SURREAL SUMMIT ON INFRASTRUCTURE IN AKWA [...] (SBU) Summary: In an "Infrastucture Summit" held September 18 and 19 the government of Akwa Ibom State laid out its development strategy and attempted to interest the private sector in public private partnerships for infrastructure development in the state. Representatives of Akwa Ibom's civi [...]	2008-10-08 09:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON NI
08LAGOS400	NIGERIA: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: PTS MANAGEMENT [...] (U) PTS Equipment Ltd told EconOff recently that the company is targeting its business operations in Lagos and its neighboring states, including Ogun, Osun, and Ondo. EconOff viewed eight pieces of construction machinery at the company's equipment yard in Lekki, all of which appeared to be in [...]	2008-10-08 12:22:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND EINV ECON NI
08LAGOS401	NIGERIA: U.S. HOUSING COMPANY TRACKS DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a U.S. Company working in Nigeria's housing sector, the recent downturn in the Nigerian capital market has funneled money into land in Lagos, where land prices in key areas doubled between April and August. Nigerian banks are unable to handle mortgage loans; most of [...]	2008-10-10 06:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID NI
08LAGOS405	NIGERIA: OD TRAINING SUCCESSFUL BUT REVEALS [...] (SBU) Summary: During the August 18-19 two-day Optical Disc (OD) Enforcement workshop, Nigerian government agencies made progress in better understanding major deficiencies in Nigeria,s IPR enforcement. Despite the intentional harmful attempts by the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) to sab [...]	2008-10-15 07:28:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV NI
08LAGOS409	PIRACY SLOWLY KILLING NIGERIAN COASTAL FISHING [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 13:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON NOAA EPA FWS NI
08LAGOS439	NIGERIA: EDO COMMISSIONER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs of Edo State, Austine Momodu, told PolOffs October 24 that the priorities of Governor Oserheimen Osunbor (PDP) included building roads, rehabilitating hospitals and building police b [...]	2008-11-07 08:20:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ELTN SENV NI
08LAGOS440	NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA CHRISTIAN YOUTH MOVEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 05:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ECON KCRM KCOR NI
08LAGOS446	NIGERIA: STATE SECRETARY EXPLAINS RIVERS STATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 12:02:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER ECON KCOR NI
08LAGOS447	NIGERIA: OPPOSITION CANDIDATE OSHIOMHOLE WINS EDO [...] (U) Summary: On November 11 the Appeals Court for Edo State confirmed the decision of the Edo State Election Tribunal that had declared the Action Congress (AC) candidate for the governorship, Adams Oshiomhole, the winner of the April 2007 gubernatorial election. Governor Oserheimen Osunbor, [...]	2008-11-13 12:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON NI
08LAGOS448	NIGERIA: BANKS NEED HELP TO IMPLEMENT MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act (MLA) 2004 sets strict reporting requirements on financial institutions in an effort to counter money laundering in Nigeria. Local banks established the Committee of Chief Compliance Officers of Banks in Nigeria (CCCOBIN) in 2007 as an indus [...]	2008-11-14 09:37:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EAID PGOV NI
08LAGOS449	NIGERIA: FORMER MILITANT ON NEW NIGER DELTA [...] (C) Summary: Former militant and current President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council, Sheriff Mulade, and others met with Ijaw members of the Niger Delta Technical Advisory Committee to emphasize that unless the new Niger Delta Ministry were transparent and ministry officials held accountable it w [...]	2008-11-14 12:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ECON KCRM KCOR NI
08LAGOS463	NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES SEAFARERS' [...] (U) Summary: The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has launched an initiative to increase the number of Nigerians engaged in maritime trades by training 5000 Nigerians overseas and expanding domestic training facilities. In the long term, Nigeria wants to become a net [...]	2008-11-21 07:19:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETDR PGOV EWWT KCRM NI
08LAGOS474	THE VIEW FROM NIGERIA ON THE NIE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The recently released National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Nigeria presents a picture of a country on a downward spiral with gradually worsening economic, political and social conditions which, over the next five years, should produce increased political instability, civil [...]	2008-11-21 16:15:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON NI
08LAGOS478	NIGERIAN GEOPHYSICISTS DISCUSS POTENTIAL FOR [...] (C) Summary: At the annual convention of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists November 17-21, the head of the association said Nigeria has 40 billion barrels in unconventional oil deposits in Osun and Ogun States. The Minister of State for Energy (Petroleum) acknowledged the [...]	2008-11-26 15:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON ENRG PGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS479	NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT'S SENIOR SPECIAL ASSISTANT [...] (C) Summary: Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President Oronto Douglas (strictly protect throughout) told Pol-Econ Chief November 22 that Delta State Governor Uduaghan, with the support of the Vice President, has brought peace to the troubled Warri South and Burutu local Government Areas ( [...]	2008-11-28 05:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
08LAGOS483	NIGERIA: U.S.-BAYELSA PARTNERSHIP ESTABLISHES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador led the second meeting with Bayelsa State officials on November 20 in Lagos as part of the Mission's pilot program on engaging individual states. The Ambassador-led USG delegation welcomed Bayelsa Governor Timipre Silva and a team of State Commissioners, House of [...]	2008-12-01 14:43:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID ECON KDEM NI
08LAGOS484	NIGERIA: LAWYERS, PRODUCERS HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 13-14 seminar on intellectual property rights for professionals in the film industry, participants complained that the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) turns a blind eye to massive, blatant piracy conducted in plain view of the agency. The NCC touted a new no [...]	2008-12-01 14:43:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI
08LAGOS489	NIGERIA: SOUTHEAST, SOUTHSOUTH INFASTRUCTURE PROJECTS MAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Abia State's Geometric independent power project (IPP),projected to be operational April 2009, has started construction on only one substation to date. Akwa Ibom's (AI) IPP, scheduled for testing in December 2009, will generate 165 megawatts (MWs) of power, 65 of those for distr [...]	2008-12-11 15:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON EAID PGOV NI
08LAGOS509	NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA GOVERNORS TAP UTOMI TO [...] (C) Summary: Governors of the south-south states have chosen Patrick Utomi, Lagos Business School Dean and 2007 presidential candidate, to spearhead an integrated development strategy for the region. With the Governors, Utomi has recruited well-respected business leaders to create public-priva [...]	2008-12-22 14:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET ECON KDEM NI
08LAGOS514	NIGERIA: EDO'S NEW GOVERNOR SEEKS RADICAL CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: Adams Oshiomhole of the Action Congress (AC),who assumed the governorship of Edo State on November 12 following an Appeals Court ruling which voided the gubernatorial election results of 2007, told PolOffs in his offices in Benin City on December 17 that he intends to make radica [...]	2008-12-29 06:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR ELAB ENRG NI
08LAGOS520	Nigeria: Experts Say Nigerian Economy Faring Better Than [...] (U) Summary: On December 11, Economic Associates (EA),a firm of economists reviewed the Nigerian economy in 2008 at its annual economic outlook session in Lagos. EA analysts said commodity prices, particularly oil, are Nigeria's major link to the global economy, although a dearth of foreign ca [...]	2008-12-30 06:42:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV NI
08LAGOS68	NIGERIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C/NF) Summary: The only infrastructure/resource in Nigeria which could meet the definition in reftel is oil-related. While the country is a large exporter of crude oil to the United States, the Mission does not believe that Nigeria's oil and oil infrastructure meet the definition of "key" o [...]	2008-02-22 13:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ENRG NI
08LAGOS7	NIGERIA: OGUN STATE GOVERNMENT DEVELOPS TRANSPORTATION [...] (U) Summary: Ogun State's proposed transportation infrastructure comprising road, rail, sea and air will help manage the steady growth in population and economy stemming from its proximity to Lagos. In collaboration with private sector, the government plans to build an extensive road and rail n [...]	2008-01-08 07:10:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV NI
08LAGOS91	NIGERIA: FY07 AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL SELF HELP [...] (U) The following are answers to questions from Reftel regarding the FY07 Ambassador's Special Self Help program in Nigeria: --Approximately 354,032 people (184,097 women, 169,935 men) have benefited from SSH during this period (October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007) --Approximately 282,60 [...]	2008-03-10 06:34:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON XA NI
08LAGOS98	NIGERIA: FY07 AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL [...] (U) The following are answers to questions from Reftel regarding the FY07 Ambassador's Special Self Help program in Nigeria: --Approximately 354,032 people (184,097 women, 169,935 men) have benefited from SSH during this period (October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007) --Approximately 282,60 [...]	2008-03-13 10:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON XA NI
08LAGOS99	OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUNDS IN THE REGION: [...] In response to reftel A, financial capital is needed to meet Nigeria's growing demand for middle income housing. Although Nigeria's middle-class is relatively small, affordable housing is in short supply across the country. Nigerian banks are well capitalized, but housing competes for funds wi [...]	2008-03-13 13:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON NI
08LAHORE233	BOUCHER PAYS COURTESY CALL ON SHAHBAZ SHARIF WEARING CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Boucher paid a courtesy call on Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Lahore on July 1. Shahbaz outlined his priorities for the Punjab, expressing concern that terrorist cells already present in the province could be activated in light of the Federally Adminis [...]	2008-07-17 12:47:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK

08LAHORE234	NAWAZ REMAINS FIXATED ON MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Boucher met with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Chief Nawaz Sharif in Lahore on July 1. Nawaz said the judges' restoration issue was a matter of principle not subject to political compromise. Nawaz expressed lukewarm support for the Federally Administered Tribal [...]	2008-07-17 12:57:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK
08LAHORE289	PUNJAB POLITICIANS FOCUSED ON U.S.-PAKISTAN RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: In a series of October 9 meetings, Punjab politicians told Director of the Office of Pakistan and Bangladesh (SCA/PB) Brent Hartley that the bilateral relationship remained critical for Pakistan to survive the series of crises currently underway. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PM [...]	2008-10-21 10:28:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK IN
08LAHORE290	MASSIVE BLACKOUTS PROMPTS PUNJAB PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Multi-hour blackouts, known locally as "loadshedding," over the past week sparked several protests in and around Lahore October 20 and 21. Protestors have told reporters that while overbilling by the Lahore Electricty Supply Company (LESCO) had made them angry, frustration over the worse [...]	2008-10-22 06:11:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PK ENRG PGOV
08LAHORE291	BT COTTON WILL NOT BE QUICK FIX FOR PUNJAB'S TEXTILES, WHICH [...] (C) Summary: Leadership of the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Punjab Zone) told Poleconoff October 17 that the global crisis has resulted in a 15-20 percent drop in exports during the last three months. Moreover, the lack of bank liquidity has constricted capital, making it difficult [...]	2008-10-22 06:11:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENRG PK ETRD
08LAPAZ1006	ADM BREAKS RANKS, CUTS DEAL TO EXPORT COOKING OIL [...] (C) Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) struck a deal with the government of Bolivia to restart exports of cooking oil. The American company stands alone among the four principal cooking oil exporters in its decision to negotiate with the Morales Administration and accept conditions on exporting. [...]	2008-04-30 22:47:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL FAS AGR FAO IFAD BL
08LAPAZ1018	EVO'S MAY DAY DECREES AND REMARKS [...] (U) Summary: Speaking to a relatively small crowd of a few thousand on May 1, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced the state would "take immediate control" of Italian-owned telecommunications company Entel and three foreign-owned hydrocarbon companies (septel). Morales tried to soften the [...]	2008-05-02 20:34:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON EINV EPET IT BL
08LAPAZ1023	WORKING RELATIONS: DEATH BY A THOUSAND PAPER CUTS [...] (C) Summary. Despite a constant barrage of anti-U.S. vitriol and baseless accusations of U.S. conspiracies against the Morales government, there are also many examples of continuing good relations among working-level and even senior-level contacts. However, there is clearly a campaign underw [...]	2008-05-02 22:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS MARR EAID ECON OPDC OPRC ADPM
08LAPAZ1024	BOLIVIAN MAY DAY GAS NATIONALIZATIONS [...] (C) President Morales announced on May 1 the next step in "consolidating the nationalization" of the hydrocarbon sector begun two years ago. In a series of decrees, the government mandated the acquisition of a 50 plus 1 percent shares of the three capitalized companies of Andina, Chaco, and [...]	2008-05-02 22:47:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ1045	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD PRICES IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) Attempting to control food price inflation is clearly a priority of the Morales administration. However, policies to date have not helped stimulate production, but rather are likely to dampen domestic agricultural activity in the future. Higher food prices have provoked protests, but by [...]	2008-05-06 13:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL
08LAPAZ1047	BOLIVIA: MORE BAD NEWS FOR MINING [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 6, Emboff met with Humberto Rada, president of Bolivia's Medium Miners Association (an organization of private mining companies that includes local affiliates of U.S. companies Coeur D'Alene, Apex Silver, and Newmont). Although Morales' May 1 decrees did not include nat [...]	2008-05-06 20:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV BL
08LAPAZ1055	ORURO: STEPCHILD OF BOLIVIA'S ALTIPLANO [...] (C) Summary: Oruro--the smallest and least-populated of Bolivia's three altiplano departments or states--and its capital city Oruro are predominantly indigenous (Quechua or Aymara),poor, and loyal to the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Oruro city's main claim to fame is the UNE [...]	2008-05-07 18:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV PREL PINR PGOV BL
08LAPAZ111	BOLIVIAN FOOD SAFETY TAKES BACK SEAT [...] (C) The Bolivian Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (SENASAG) is facing a funding crisis heading into the new year. The termination of an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loan and an unwillingness to accept administrative controls mandated by the P.L. 480 program leave SENASAG [...]	2008-01-15 20:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA EINV BL
08LAPAZ1149	HARDER EUROPEAN LINE ON EVO [...] Summary. After almost two months of a Bolivian government campaign to curry international opinion and sponsor delegations from the OAS and neighboring countries, three prominent European leaders have complained publicly about the Bolivian governments "nationalizations" of private hydrocarbon [...]	2008-05-16 20:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
08LAPAZ1154	SANTA CRUZ BOLIVIA: SECOND CITY'S ECONOMY NOT [...] (SBU) Under the spotlight surrounding the autonomy votes, the Department of Santa Cruz is often portrayed as wealthy and white, and the movement for autonomy is simplistically characterized as a struggle over resources. While there is some truth in these generalizations, none of them adequat [...]	2008-05-19 17:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS PREL PINR EAGR EAID BO
08LAPAZ1175	AGRICULTURAL DEMARCHES DELIVERED, BOLIVIAN FOOD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) EconOff delivered demarche regarding the U.S. candidate for Chairperson FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission (Ref. A) to Carmen Timeo, the new head of the Bolivian Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (SENASAG). The [...]	2008-05-21 20:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL
08LAPAZ1179	BOLIVIAN-CUBAN RELATIONS: LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the questions in ref A and reflect only new developments since ref B. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? - No, the Bolivian government continues to see Cuba as a pat [...]	2008-05-23 21:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL BL ECON CU
08LAPAZ1233	CODEL DODD VISIT TO BOLIVIA MAY 27-28 [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite aircraft problems, CODEL Dodd was able to visit La Paz for meetings with Vice President Garcia Linera, joined by the Foreign Minister, and with opposition leader former President Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga. The Vice President said his government was interested in better re [...]	2008-06-03 14:59:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL ECON EAID SNAR BO
08LAPAZ1234	BENI/PANDO AUTONOMY VOTES: OPPOSITION VICTORIES [...] (C) Summary: Both the opposition and government are in spin overdrive following the June 1 autonomy referenda in the departments (states) of Pando and Beni. With exit polls and early official results predicting pro-autonomy votes in excess of 80 percent, the government relied on arguments tha [...]	2008-06-03 17:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
08LAPAZ1244	EVO NATIONALIZES GAS TRANSPORT COMPANY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On Sunday, June 1, President Evo Morales issued yet another decree nationalizing a portion of the natural gas sector in Bolivia. The decree, signed by Morales on June 2 in a takeover ceremony in Santa Cruz, states that the Bolivian state energy company YPFB will takeover Tranredes [...]	2008-06-03 22:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ1264	BOLIVIA & ATP-DEA: EXPORTING FRUSTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Andean Trade Preferences and Drug Eradication Act (ATP-DEA) was extended in February of 2008 for another ten months for Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. Although the preferences are crucial to the textiles industry, the private sector is growing tired of the exhausting lob [...]	2008-06-05 15:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KTEX BL PINV PGOV PREL
08LAPAZ1294	BOLIVIA: RESPONSE TO INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR [...] SUMMARY: In response to State 43120, Labor Officer held meetings with USAID, the Bolivian Ministry of Labor, NGO Proadolescente, and UNICEF. Three areas of concern regarding the use of child labor and forced labor are the sugar, Brazil nut, and mining industries. Sources were not able to gi [...]	2008-06-10 17:21:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON ELAB BL EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI
08LAPAZ1322	BOLIVIAN MINING: COOPERATIVE CHALLENGES [...] Summary: On May 29 and 30 Emboff traveled with representatives of mining cooperatives, at their invitation, to visit cooperative mines and separation plants in north Potosi (note: As of June 9, this region is impassable due to road blockades by cooperatives, private miners, and treatment facil [...]	2008-06-11 20:01:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EMIN EINV ELAB BO
08LAPAZ1357	TREASURY VISIT: BOLIVIA'S ECONOMIC FORECAST [...] (C) On June 9-10, Marie Ewens, International Economist at the Treasury Department visited La Paz. In meetings with representatives across the financial sector, four general themes emerged. First, large international reserves and a fiscal surplus will allow Bolivia to withstand any foreseea [...]	2008-06-16 21:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN
08LAPAZ1395	TARIJA'S TURN: AUTONOMY VOTE AND WHAT'S NEXT [...] (C) The vote for autonomy in the department (state) of Tarija will take place on Sunday, June 22. In line with the three previous autonomy votes in Santa Cruz, Beni, and Pando, polls indicate that support for autonomy will be over 70 percent. Additionally, Tarijenos made clear that Presiden [...]	2008-06-20 15:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL ASEC
08LAPAZ1409	BOLIVIA: USG REGIONAL ENERGY OFFICERS [...] Embassy La Paz proposes to host a USG regional energy officers conference August 19-21. The goal will be to share information about South American energy affairs and coordinate energy sector reporting. A Department official (TBD) will help establish a reporting agenda and additional coordina [...]	2008-06-23 19:54:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN
08LAPAZ1427	NEW EU POLICY ADDS TO BOLIVIA'S MIGRATION CRISIS [...] (U) The EU's June 18th decision to require its members to either regularize or expel undocumented immigrants hit hard in Bolivia, a country with around a quarter of its population abroad and 500,000 of these migrants currently residing in Europe. The Bolivian Government responded with threa [...]	2008-06-26 14:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PREF PGOV ECON
08LAPAZ1434	US BUSINESS IN BOLIVIA: A ROUNDTABLE OF CONCERNS [...] (C) On June 25, the Charge hosted a breakfast with the lead officials of nine U.S. companies operating in Bolivia that included an OSAC briefing delivered by the RSO. While it is clear that all of the company representatives are worried about the current political situation and frustrated by [...]	2008-06-26 21:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ1460	BOLIVIA-VENEZUELA: DYNAMITE, GUNS, AND BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Following the June 21 dynamiting of a private television affiliate in Tarija, more evidence is surfacing about Venezuelan and Bolivian government involvement. Senate President Ortiz gave a press briefing on June 27 where he revealed that the car used during the attack was rented by th [...]	2008-07-01 19:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL ECON EINV PGOV PREL PTER VE
08LAPAZ1485	BOLIVIA-PERU: FRUSTRATIONS WITH EVO [...] (C) Steadily deteriorating relations between Peru and Bolivia erupted in July 1 war of words between Presidents Morales and Garcia. The spat was triggered by a Morales' call for Peruvians to resist the imposition of U.S. army bases in Peru. Following the recall of the Peruvian Ambassador, [...]	2008-07-03 19:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL PE
08LAPAZ1523	RECALL PRIMER 2 OF 3: CONALDE'S RISING ROLE [...] (C) Summary: The strength of the National Democratic Council (CONALDE),a pro-autonomy group of the prefects (governors) and civic committees from five opposition-led departments (states),was bolstered by recent opposition electoral victories. But divisions that erupted last week concerning [...]	2008-07-09 15:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ECON ENRG EPET BL
08LAPAZ1533	EVO'S REGIONAL TRADE BLOCK BACKLASH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bolivian President Evo Morales continues to irritate his Andean neighbors by criticizing their plans for free trade with the United States and the European Union (EU.) As the negotiations for the deals grow closer, the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) member states tell the Embas [...]	2008-07-11 13:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD BL
08LAPAZ1560	BOLIVIA TO FILL SUGAR QUOTA [...] In response to action request regarding sugar exports and allocated quote amounts, Bolivia intends to fill its entire sugar quota for fiscal year (FY) 2008. Marcelo Olguin, from the Ministry of Production, reports that there is an over supply of sugar this year and the industry plans to expor [...]	2008-07-15 21:19:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON FAS BL FAO
08LAPAZ1588	BOLIVIAN GAS: STATE CONTROL DIGS DEEPER [...] (C) In June, Vice President Garcia Linera outlined the Bolivian government's plan to increase state involvement in the economy through nationalizations, the creation of productive enterprises, and the enlargement of state sectorial companies. The consequences of this state-oriented approach [...]	2008-07-22 12:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ1596	BOLIVIA: NEW TAX REGIME COMPLICATES FINANCES FOR [...] (C) The ramifications of a change in tax law decreed December 2007 are only now becoming apparent in many sectors of the Bolivian economy. The two-part decree first dictates that companies adjust their asset values for inflation and declare any gain in value as earnings. Since the companies [...]	2008-07-24 13:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PET EINV BL ENRG EMIN
08LAPAZ1645	A/S SHANNON MEETINGS WITH SANTA CRUZ LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon met separately July 23 with Santa Cruz Prefect Ruben Costas and with a group of ten private business leaders. Costas and the businessmen briefed Shannon on the history of the autonomy movements in Bolivia's Eastern [...]	2008-07-31 17:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID SNAR ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1667	A/S SHANNON MEETING WITH PRESIDENT EVO MORALES [...] (C) Summary: WHA A/S Shannon, accompanied by INL PDAS McGlynn, the Ambassador, DCM, and Emboff, met at 5 a.m. on July 23 with Bolivian President Evo Morales, who was accompanied by Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca, Minister of Government Alfredo Rada, Presidential Spokesman Ivan Canelas, an [...]	2008-08-04 17:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID ECON PGOV PREL PTER SNAR BL
08LAPAZ1674	BOLIVIA: UPDATE ON MINING SECTOR WOES [...] (SBU) Summary: Although industry insiders do not currently expect the Bolivian government to nationalize the mining sector, a new inflation adjustment for taxes threatens "expropriation by taxation" for a number of companies (reftel). International interest in investing in the Bolivian minin [...]	2008-08-04 21:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV BL
08LAPAZ174	VENEZUELAN CHECKS: THEORY AND PRACTICE [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian government announced $48 million in Venezuelan aid for 2008, a drop from the $54 million claimed for 2007. The funds will go to the "Bolivia Changes, (President) Evo (Morales) Delivers" campaign to provide checks to municipal governments. Although the Association of [...]	2008-01-24 21:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
08LAPAZ1741	SANTA CRUZ REACTION TO RECALL REFERENDA RESULTS [...] (C) Emboff spoke with several Santa Cruz political and civic leaders in the wake of the August 10 Bolivian recall referenda. In the department of Santa Cruz Prefect Ruben Costas obtained over 67 percent in favor (Si) while President Evo Morales received around 40 percent. The Santa Cruz le [...]	2008-08-13 20:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC
08LAPAZ175	MORALES CABINET SHUFFLE REMAINS HARDLINE [...] (SBU) President Morales initiated his third year in office by changing four of his sixteen cabinet ministers. Signaling that economic growth is a priority, three of the four positions are economic. Substantive changes are unlikely however, as none of the new ministers holds sufficient clout [...]	2008-01-24 22:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL BL
08LAPAZ1761	BOLIVIA: IPR OUTREACH PILOT PROGRAM FUNDING [...] Bolivia,s IPR Outreach Pilot Program Funding Award: Background In 2004 through 2005, USAID assisted the Servicio Nacional de Propiedad Intelectual (SENAPI) in modernization efforts. In early 2008, the USG renewed contact with SENAPI to examine the possibility of working together. Underlying [...]	2008-08-15 19:33:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KIPR BL
08LAPAZ1793	BOLIVIA-US TRADE: THE FACTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. As the Bolivian government looks towards the December 2008 expiration date on their unilateral trade preferences with the U.S., the Andean Trade Preferences and Drug Eradication Act (ATP-DEA,) it is worth examining the impact it would have on Bolivia if it were not to be renewed. [...]	2008-08-21 15:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL KTEX BL
08LAPAZ1822	AMBASSADOR VISITS SANTA CRUZ: MOOD PESSIMISTIC [...] (C) The Ambassador traveled to Santa Cruz on August 25 to participate in a USAID-sponsored Special Olympics event, attend the opening of a major trade fair, attend the premier of a NAS-sponsored film festival on trafficking in persons, and to meet with Prefect (Governor) Ruben Costas and othe [...]	2008-08-27 19:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL EAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL
08LAPAZ1828	BRAZIL IN BOLIVIA: BIOFUELS AND PETROBRAS [...] (C) Last year, the Brazilian Ambassador in La Paz called relations with Bolivia "tense and dense." Lula's subsequent visits have seemingly put the relationship back on course. However, official Brazilians working in Bolivia are subject to sudden mandates from Brasilia and the Ministry of For [...]	2008-08-28 20:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ1829	BOLIVIAN FIRMS COMMIT TO ERADICATE CHILD LABOR [...] (U) At an August conference organized by the Bolivian Institute for External Commerce (IBCE),the private sector made public its efforts to eradicate child labor and adopt corporate social responsibility measures. Bringing together members from the private sector (agricultural, industrial, f [...]	2008-08-28 21:09:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1865	BOLIVIA: AUTONOMY, THE CHACO, AND DESPAIR IN TARIJA [...] (C) The southern, gas-rich department (state) of Tarija has called an election on November 30 to select a departmental parliament, as called for in its autonomy referendum. The parliamentary elections will be the first among the autonomous opposition departments and was moved forward two mo [...]	2008-09-02 22:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL PINR KDEM
08LAPAZ1905	ENERGY: BOLIVIA AND THE REGION [...] (C) On the margins of the annual Bolivian Chamber of Hydrocarbons (CBH) event, Embassy La Paz hosted a meeting for regional energy officers August 19-21 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Over the past two years, the focus of energy security in the region has changed. No longer is Bolivia seen as a po [...]	2008-09-05 19:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ1935	ECONOMIC CABINET CHANGE: STATE ECONOMY COMING [...] (C) On September 8, Evo Morales again shuffled his cabinet. Gone are the more pragmatic ministers Graciela Toro and Javier Hurtado, as Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) politicians assume the reins at the Ministries of Hydrocarbons and Rural Development. Carlos Villegas and Susana Rivero, th [...]	2008-09-09 22:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL PINR ASEC
08LAPAZ20	BOLMIL'S PREDICTABLE PROMOTIONS AND RED LINES [...] (C) Summary: Promotions of Bolivia's military high command announced January 2 appeared free from overt political manipulations. However, President Evo Morales and both incoming and outgoing armed forces commanders made calls for increasing government influence in the military and using the m [...]	2008-01-03 20:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON BL
08LAPAZ21	BOLIVIA'S MACRO-ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT [...] (SBU) Entering 2008, the Bolivian economy seems likely to suffer the consequences of recent political mismanagement. In 2007, overall GDP growth slowed to between 3.8% and 4.2% (well below the 5.6% average for the region) and almost all sectors of the economy are showing the effects of sever [...]	2008-01-04 12:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL EINV BL
08LAPAZ2111	BOLIVIA: REACTIONS TO ATPDEA ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Initial Bolivian reaction to the decision to suspend ATPDEA privileges has been muted but somber. A number of our contacts are faced with severe financial repercussions from the decision, but most people we have talked to understand that this was brought about by the Bolivian gov [...]	2008-09-26 21:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2118	BOLIVIA: EVO REACTS TO ATPDEA DECISION [...] (C) Summary: The initial characterization by Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugo Fernandez of the government's reaction to ATPDEA suspension as "not happy" is proving to be an understatement. Foreign Minister Choquehuanca later announced to the press that the decision was "vengeance" and " [...]	2008-09-29 17:35:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2170	BOLIVIA: U.S. MINES MAINTAIN LOW PROFILE [...] (C) Summary: U.S. mining executives predict that if the new Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) constitution passes, it will be "the end of mining investment" in Bolivia for the foreseeable future. U.S. mining companies in Bolivia are trying not to draw any attention to themselves during a time [...]	2008-10-07 16:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV ETRD BL
08LAPAZ2221	BOLIVIA: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STILL MIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met on October 8 with representatives from a number of intellectual property rights (IPR) stakeholder groups including music and composers groups, the Bolivian book chamber, cinematic organizations, and IPR law. It was the first time many in the group had ever met, desp [...]	2008-10-14 22:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD KIPR BL
08LAPAZ2341	BOLIVIA: MINING PROBLEMS IMPACT GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Mining woes caused in part by the recent fall in world mineral prices are making front-page headlines in Bolivia, and the government has announced the first of potentially many "loan funds" for the cooperative mining sector. Further state involvement in the economy is not a surp [...]	2008-10-30 20:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV ETRD BL
08LAPAZ2388	NO MAS RESPECT - CENTRAL BANKER DUMPED [...] (C) The President of the Central Bank of Bolivia, Raul Garron, was officially removed from his post on November 5. His replacement will be former Minister of Planning Gabriel Loza. Hours before the official announcement Garron met with Econoff and speculated about the possible reasons for hi [...]	2008-11-06 19:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ2391	BOLIVIA: EVO'S WISH LIST FOR OBAMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales saluted the victory of President-elect Obama, offering support and expressing a sense of kinship with the President-elect, whom he characterized as coming from "the most discriminated sectors... from enslaved sectors." Raising hopes for a sea cha [...]	2008-11-07 13:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON ENVR KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM PINR
08LAPAZ2392	BOLIVIA'S NEW CONSTITUTION: MAS WINS [...] (C) Summary: On October 21, President Evo Morales announced that his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party and the opposition had reached a compromise to update the text of the MAS draft constitution, which will go to a national referendum on January 25. Some of Evo's hard-core MAS supporters [...]	2008-11-07 13:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON ENVR KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM PINR
08LAPAZ2393	BOLIVIA: PARTIES GEAR UP FOR 2009 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian presidential elections are expected to take place in December 2009 and "only" 15 parties are registered on the national level. Given that it takes a minimum of eight months to register a political party, unaffiliated candidates and parties with lapsed credentials have r [...]	2008-11-07 18:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON ENVR KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM PINR
08LAPAZ2395	SANTA CRUZ FEELING DEFEATED [...] (C) Summary: Santa Cruz political and civic leaders have run out of money and energy to aggressively oppose the Morales government. They will not run a "No" campaign on the January 25, 2009 constitutional referendum, which they believe will pass no matter what they may do. Instead, they are [...]	2008-11-07 19:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ECON PINR BL
08LAPAZ2396	BOLIVIA NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 20:12:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON EINV PGOV
08LAPAZ2442	BOLIVIA BURNS MORE TRADE BRIDGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 11, Bolivian Trade Representative Pablo Solon confirmed that Bolivia will no longer participate in the negotiations between the Community of Andean Nations (CAN) and the European Union (EU.) The EU will progress with Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador dropping the uncooperativ [...]	2008-11-13 19:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL KTEX BL
08LAPAZ2447	BOLIVIA: MAS ECONOMIC RECIPE FOR A DIFFICULT YEAR [...] (C) Prominent La Paz economic authorities generally agree that the current international economic crisis will not severely impact Bolivia until April or May of next year. While Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) policy during yet another "election year" in Bolivia will cushion many Bolivians ag [...]	2008-11-14 15:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ2464	BOLIVIA: MAS CONTINUES PURGE OF JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party are moving aggressively once again to bring to heel dissident members of the country's judiciary, including the Supreme Court, and to install new justices more amenable to the MAS vision. Recent [...]	2008-11-19 18:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
08LAPAZ2494	BOLIVIA: EVO CALLS ATPDEA SUSPENSION "VENGEANCE" [...] Summary: Press reports highlighted the closure of two more small businesses in the wake of the announcement of President Bush's decision to suspend ATPDEA trade benefits for Bolivia starting December 15. President Morales reacted angrily, calling the suspension "political vengeance." Vice P [...]	2008-11-28 16:42:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN BL
08LAPAZ2507	COCHABAMBA: MORE CONCERNS AND SUSPICIONS [...] (C) In meetings with the Private Business Federation of Cochabamba, former Prefect Manfred Reyes Villa's spokesman, and the civic organization umbrella group Confidence Network, all expressed concern about the consequences of DEA's expulsion from Bolivia, the imminent approval of President M [...]	2008-12-03 15:20:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC BL ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SNAR
08LAPAZ2532	U.S. FURNITURE MAKER FACES BOLIVIAN CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SumaPacha is a Bolivian subsidiary of North Carolina-based ForestWorld. It is one of the largest woodcrafting plants in Latin America and is located in El Alto, the poor, largely indigenous city adjoining La Paz. Founded twenty years ago by a Bolivian graduate of the University of Nor [...]	2008-12-04 20:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EINV BL EFIN ELAB
08LAPAZ2540	BOLIVIA: IMPLICATIONS OF APEX SILVER SELLOUT [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with executives from Denver-based Apex Silver and its subsidiary Minera San Cristobal on December 5 to discuss the future of Bolivia's largest mining operation. High taxes, the fall in metals prices, and Apex's unfavorable loan structure have caused a drop in Apex stock [...]	2008-12-05 20:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
08LAPAZ2575	SANTA CRUZ CIVIC SPIRIT REVIVING [...] (C) Summary: The arrest and "deportation" to La Paz of three members of the Union of Santa Cruz Youth, combined with government threats against other civic leaders and activists, have served to re-energize civic spirit in Santa Cruz. The "NO" campaign on the January 25, 2009 constitutional re [...]	2008-12-12 20:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL PINR BL
08LAPAZ2601	BOLIVIAN FOOD SAFETY: TENTATIVE STEPS FORWARD [...] (C) The Bolivian Plant and Animal Health Service (SENASAG) has spent the better part of 2008 trying to reorganize and line up operational funding. Our effort to fund technical programs with remaining Title I funds has been caught up in political battles and the refusal by some members of th [...]	2008-12-18 12:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL EFIN PINR
08LAPAZ2614	BOLIVIA: GAS COMPANIES CAN WAIT MORALES OUT [...] (C) Headaches, frustrations, and uncertainty are constant for the private hydrocarbon companies that remain in Bolivia, but profits and potential are also a reality. As a result, the companies are generally taking a long-term perspective which assumes that the policies of the Morales admini [...]	2008-12-19 21:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
08LAPAZ2633	MORALES' LATEST BLOWS AGAINST THE EMPIRE: BOMBAST [...] (U) Bolivian President Evo Morales unleashed another round of vitriolic attacks against the United States December 23. Morales barred all but foreign and state media from the presidential press conference, underscoring his recent feud with the private media (reftels). Morales: DEA Tried to K [...]	2008-12-23 22:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON EPET ODIP CU VE IR BL
08LAPAZ2669	GET THIS MONKEY OFF MY BACK: BOLIVIAN ECOTOURISM [...] SUMMARY. Known as the "Tibet of the Andes," Bolivia has long relied on beautiful mountains, lush valleys and the opportunity for adventure for its tourism industry. As more of Bolivia's mystique is revealed to the outside world, ecotourism experts continue to clash on how to develop (or not) o [...]	2008-12-30 21:32:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ENVR BL
08LAPAZ301	BOLIVIA: INPUT FOR 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (U) Post recommends that Bolivia remain on the Special 301 Watch List in 2008. Piracy and counterfeiting remain serious problems, existing intellectual property rights (IPR) legislation remains weak, and enforcement remains inadequate. Post believes prospects for improvement are slim, especia [...]	2008-02-14 21:45:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KIPR BL
08LAPAZ313	BOLIVIAN BUSINESS: GAS, PAPER, AND MILK MAS STYLE [...] (C) The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) vision of their 21st century economy is taking shape, but it only echoes the disasters of the past. The government recently announced the creation of state run milk processing and paper plants. These plans make little economic sense and were seemingly [...]	2008-02-15 18:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ315	BOLIVIA REQUEST FOR EEB FY08 BIOTECH FUNDS [...] Post appreciates the opportunity to request funding for agricultural biotech initiatives and the chance to work with Embassy Peru and the OES Hub in South America to explore the issues facing biofuel development in the two Andean nations. Both Bolivia and Peru hold great promise as producers [...]	2008-02-15 18:24:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAGR ECON SENV BL
08LAPAZ329	GOB RESPINS ANTI-U.S. ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian government attempted to renew and, in some cases, repackage old allegations against the U.S. February 16-18. Bolivian President Evo Morales threatened to show USAID the door if it continues undermining his administration. As proof, Morales provided the example of a po [...]	2008-02-19 23:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
08LAPAZ373	CODEL ENGEL VISIT TO BOLIVIA FEBRUARY 18-20 [...] (SBU) Summary: Codel Engel, including Representatives Green (D-TX),Hinchey (D-NY),Weller (R-IL),and Foxx (R-NC) visited La Paz and Santa Cruz February 18-20. While in La Paz, the Codel enjoyed an hour-long meeting with President Evo Morales; met a cross-section of Bolivian politicians, med [...]	2008-02-21 21:46:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS MARR OPDC OPRC OREP ECON ETRD
08LAPAZ433	BILAT "RELAUNCH": HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM [...] (C) Summary. During a February 26 lunch meeting at the Ambassador's residence, Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez told the Ambassador not to overreact to accusations against the USG. The Ambassador explained that continued baseless USG criticisms can only have a negative impact on bilateral [...]	2008-02-27 23:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IR BL
08LAPAZ434	BOLIVIA: TRUCE REJECTED, CONFRONTATION EXPECTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice President Garcia Linera's call for a two-month truce has been rejected by the opposition and by social groups aligned with the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Sporadic violence around the country has left a number of people injured, and both the MAS and the [...]	2008-02-27 23:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ435	IRANIAN DCM: U.S. CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires Hojjatollah Soltani arrived in Bolivia February 25 to open the Iranian Embassy. The building is nearly ready and staff will move in next week. Soltani discussed plans to establish a television station in the Chapare region with the Bolivian media. Although the station w [...]	2008-02-27 23:19:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PINR IR BL
08LAPAZ441	CEMENT: A WINDOW INTO THE BOLIVIAN ECONOMY [...] (SBU) The Bolivian economy is ripe for more domestic production. International prices are high for its principle export products and the economy is overflowing with liquidity. However, overall growth is constrained by a fear of government actions and a lack of investment in basic infrastruc [...]	2008-02-29 14:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL ELAB
08LAPAZ458	BOLIVIA NOMINEE MICHAEL STEWART FOR WASHINGTON [...] Embassy La Paz nominates Michael Stewart, Economic Officer, to attend the Washington Energy Seminar, PE 228. Michael is responsible for reporting on the hydrocarbons sector in Bolivia. His assignment is expected to run through the summer of 2009. Contact information is as follows: office (5 [...]	2008-03-03 20:21:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI APER ENRG EPET ECON
08LAPAZ462	BOLIVIAN GAS: BEGGAR THY NEIGHBOR [...] (SBU) Bolivia is struggling to cope with stagnant national gas production, increased contractual obligations, and growing domestic demand. In an effort to largely allay Argentinean fears of energy shortfalls over the winter months, President Morales met with the Presidents of Brazil and Arge [...]	2008-03-03 20:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ483	WOULD BOLIVIAN MILITARY GO ALONG WITH A CRACKDOWN? [...] (S) Summary: Although Post believes the Bolivian military would still balk at participating in a crackdown on the opposition in the Media Luna departments as we assessed in November 2007 (reftel d),some changes since then make the probability greater. First, the current senior military leade [...]	2008-03-04 21:13:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	BL ECON MARR PGOV PREL
08LAPAZ521	BOLIVIA: LAWLESSNESS AND LYNCHINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent actions of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party to block opposition congress members from entering Congress, thus allowing MAS bills to pass uncontested, come at a time when Bolivians are worried over what seems to be an increasing sense of lawlessness in the [...]	2008-03-06 19:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ545	BOLIVIAN REPORT ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] In Bolivia, a proposed national budget is presented to the Congress toward the end of the year (November or December). At that time, the Administration makes public its budget assumptions and what is being presented to Congress. Congress considers the budget proposals and is then expected t [...]	2008-03-10 13:59:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL
08LAPAZ551	BOLIVIAN PIRACY: IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, JOIN 'EM [...] (SBU) Summary: Piracy of audio-visual materials is almost universal in Bolivia, damaging the domestic movie- and music- industries and eliminating any chance of profits for international imports. Certain members of the domestic industry have recently taken two different routes in attempts t [...]	2008-03-10 21:25:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR EINV BL
08LAPAZ554	BOLIVIAN MFA INSIDER: PARANOIA PREVAILS [...] (C) Summary: On March 7, Emboff met with Jorge Caballero (strictly protect),a director and career member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Caballero claimed that the MFA was responsible for Bolivia's neutrality in the recent tensions between Venezuela, Ecuador, and Colombia. Caballero su [...]	2008-03-11 17:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ56	EVO RECASTS HIMSELF AS PEACEMAKER [...] (C) Summary: Despite heated rhetoric leading up the event, a January 7-8 meeting between Bolivian President Evo Morales and nine department prefects (state governors) was surprisingly conciliatory. Participants agreed to attempt to resolve demands from opposition-led departments with a nation [...]	2008-01-08 22:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL VN BL
08LAPAZ561	SANTA CRUZ: NO TURNING BACK AUTONOMY [...] (C) Summary: The Santa Cruz Departmental Electoral Court is moving forward with plans to hold the May 4 referendum on the autonomy statute, ignoring an order from the National Electoral Court to cease and desist. Given that the referendum is being financed by the Santa Cruz Prefecture, there [...]	2008-03-12 20:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BO
08LAPAZ589	BOLIVIA: A PRODUCTIVE SECTOR SQUEEZE IN SANTA CRUZ [...] (C) The Department of Santa Cruz is the commercial agricultural center of Bolivia. It has suffered two consecutive years of flooding, but Morales Administration political actions, neglect, and mismanagement have combined to exacerbate the problems. The agricultural sector has faced diesel [...]	2008-03-17 12:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL FAS AGR FAO IFAD BL
08LAPAZ614	BOLIVIAN GAS: THE STATE COMPANY IN CHAOS [...] (C) While the Bolivian government publicly presses the gas companies to increase investments, ironically the biggest obstacle may be the government itself in the form of the national hydrocarbon company YPFB. The company is involved in all aspects of the Bolivian gas industry, yet it enjoys [...]	2008-03-18 19:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ638	BOLIVIAN EXPORT BAN COULD DEVASTATE ECONOMY [...] (C) On March 19, President Morales issued a decree banning the exportation of four types of cooking oil. If maintained for any length of time, the move would destroy the most important sector of the economy in the opposition stronghold of Santa Cruz and force the withdrawal of American firm [...]	2008-03-20 20:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL FAS AGR FAO IFAD BL
08LAPAZ661	BOLIVIAN MINING: CONFLICTIVE "COOPERATIVES" [...] (SBU) Summary: As high world mineral prices encourage the re-opening of areas previously considered "mined out", Bolivia's cooperative miners have regained political street power. Various estimates suggest that up to 100,000 miners work in cooperatives, semi-socialist organizations that are [...]	2008-03-25 20:58:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN EINV ELAB BL
08LAPAZ670	EXPORT BAN STRETCHES TO SIX DAYS [...] (C) The devastating ban on Bolivian cooking oil exports has now been in effect for six days. The Morales Administration, according to the Vice President in a meeting with the Ambassador March 26 (Septel),is determined to guarantee the supply of cooking oil at affordable prices. They are pre [...]	2008-03-26 22:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL FAS AGR FAO IFAD BL
08LAPAZ693	BOLIVIA FORECAST: LEADING UP TO MAY 4 [...] (C) Short of an outbreak of widespread chaos and violence, the opposition-led department (state) of Santa Cruz is on track to hold a referendum on its autonomy statute despite President Evo Morales' attempts to stop or at least postpone it. The Catholic Church and the international communit [...]	2008-03-28 22:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV ECON EAID AGR BL
08LAPAZ694	BOLIVIA: EVO AND AUTONOMY, NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Although isolated incidents of violence are already occurring and will continue up to the scheduled May 4 Santa Cruz autonomy referendum, we do not expect the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party to take military or police action against the opposition departments (states) [...]	2008-03-28 22:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ASEC EAID BL
08LAPAZ707	BOLIVIA COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCRS, BUT DEFENDS IRAN; UN TO STAY IN NY [...] (C) Poloff relayed reftel speaking points and non-papers. Director of Bilateral Relations Jean Paul Guevara told poloff Bolivia would abide by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1803 restrictions on transfer of dual use items. Although Guevara said he could not go into technical details [...]	2008-03-31 22:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP PARM NSG IR BL ECON MNUC
08LAPAZ711	BOLIVIA: COMMUNITY JUSTICE, INDIGENOUS JUSTICE, [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, Emboff meet with Vice Minister of Community Justice and Human Rights Valentin TICONA Colque. Also present was Director of Community Justice Petroni FLORES Condori. Emboff had requested the meeting to learn more about community justice under the new draft constituti [...]	2008-04-01 16:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC PINR BL

08LAPAZ717	SANTA CRUZ: MAY 4 AS A PANACEA [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 26-28 visit to Santa Cruz, American Presence Post officer found the city surprisingly calm and optimistic, although individual Santa Cruz citizens are outraged. They cite an increasingly long list of grievances and complaints against the central government, and the [...]	2008-04-02 15:58:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KPAO BL
08LAPAZ836	BOLIVIA AND THE MONTERREY CONSENSUS [...] (C) Post identified Graciela Toro, Minister of Planning and Development, and Javier Hurtado, Minister of Production and Micro Enterpise, as the two most important players in the Bolivian government regarding the Monterrey Consensus. Both were named to their ministerial positions in January 2 [...]	2008-04-11 19:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN EINV PGOV UN BL
08LAPAZ918	CHARGE MEETING WITH COEUR D'ALENE BOARDMEMBERS [...] (C) Coeur D'Alene CEO Dennis Wheeler, South American Operations' President Jim Duff, and four members of the Coeur board of directors met with Emboffs April 21 to express their thanks for advocacy on behalf of Coeur's San Bartolome Mine and to discuss the investment and political climate in Bo [...]	2008-04-21 22:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV BL
08LAPAZ999	SANTA CRUZ AUTONOMY VOTE: PLANS FOR A "BIG PARTY" [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 24-27 visit to Santa Cruz (including the capital city and the rural towns of San Javier and Concepcion),American Presence Post officer's (APP) interlocutors downplayed fears of violent confrontation and predicted the May 4 autonomy referendum would be a "big part [...]	2008-04-30 18:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KPAO ASEC BL
08LEIPZIG20	EASTERN GERMANY HAS THE RIGHT CHEMISTRY [...] (U) The chemical industry is one of eastern Germany's most successful retooled industry sectors. Companies (including the U.S. firm Dow) invested in the region after the fall of the Wall. They acquired state-owned facilities and capitalized on their proximity and historic ties to eastern Euro [...]	2008-10-28 16:57:00	Consulate Leipzig	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ECON GM
08LILONGWE172	MALAWI INPUT FOR 2008 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] Following is Embassy's update for the annual President's Report on AGOA, in response to reftel request. Paragraphs/topics are organized according to the report template and instructions. 2. Market Economy/Economic Reform/Elimination of Trade Barriers: The Government of Malawi (GOM) has made [...]	2008-03-18 13:24:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PHUM PGOV MI
08LILONGWE20	MALAWI: SCENESETTER FOR INITIAL MCC COMPACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Mission Lilongwe welcomes the Jan. 13-17 visit of the MCC delegation led by Vice President for Compact Development John Hewko. News of Malawi's selection for compact eligibility has generated considerable excitement; President Bingu wa Mutharika mentioned the achievement [...]	2008-01-10 13:54:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV ECON MI
08LILONGWE415	MALAWI'S 2008-09 BUDGET: STUCK IN PARLIAMENT, BUT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 13:08:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID MI
08LILONGWE422	DEMOCRACY VIDEO CHALLENGE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-21 13:19:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC KPAO OIIP OPRC OEXC ECON MI
08LILONGWE595	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - MALAWI [...] Per REFTEL, Embassy Lilongwe submits the following updated AGOA eligibility information in the requested format. 2. Country: MALAWI Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Malawi's current estimated population is about 13 million and GDP at current prices is USD 3.8 [...]	2008-10-07 03:51:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON XA MI
08LILONGWE596	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - MALAWI [...] Per REFTEL, Embassy Lilongwe submits the following updated AGOA eligibility information in the requested format. 2. Country: MALAWI Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Malawi's current estimated population is about 13 million and GDP at current prices is USD 3.8 [...]	2008-10-07 03:51:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON XA MI
08LILONGWE63	MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC) INITIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) team headed by VP John Hewko visited Malawi January 13-17 to initiate the compact development process following Malawi,s selection as compact eligible in 2007 (reftel). The visit provided an opportunity to meet with a variety of stakehol [...]	2008-01-29 14:47:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON KMCA MCC PGOV PREL MI
08LILONGWE700	MALAWI'S FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES ALMOST ON EMPTY, IMF TO [...] SUMMARY: Malawi's foreign exchange reserves currently stand at less than two months' import cover. The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has been forced to ration its limited foreign exchange allocations to commercial banks. The situation is affecting the country's importers who are unable to get [...]	2008-12-08 15:09:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD MI
08LIMA103	PERU'S ECONOMIC BOOM CONTINUES IN 2007 [...] 2007 was a banner economic year for Peru, despite a devastating 8.0 earthquake in August just south of Lima. The stellar numbers for 2007 continue an upward trend, as Peru reaps the fruits of earlier economic reforms and liberalization, as well as the current Garcia Administration's prudent e [...]	2008-01-18 12:04:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LIMA1090	PERU LNG'S AGRICULTURAL CSR PROJECTS [...] As the largest foreign investment in Peruvian history, the Peru LNG project has drawn significant amount of attention, particularly to the potential social and environmental impacts. Peru LNG has begun introducing the social responsibility components of the project, including a small agricult [...]	2008-06-25 19:27:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ENRG ECON SENV EINV ETRD EAID PE
08LIMA1124	DELUGE OF DECREES FOR FTA IMPLEMENTATION AND [...] (C) The Garcia Administration issued nearly 100 legislative decrees over the past few months to implement the provisions of the US-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) and to improve Peru's competitiveness in the global economy. Sixty-four of these were ublished last week, including laws aim [...]	2008-07-01 22:21:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EAGR SENV KIPR USTR PGOV EAID PE
08LIMA1170	NEW ECONOMY AND FINANCE MINISTER FOR PERU? [...] (C) It's been an open secret for many months that Economy and Finance Minister Luis Carranza is leaving. But recently, IMF veteran Luis Valdivieso's name has come up unofficially as his replacement. While insiders have confirmed the moves to us, there is still no official announcement. The [...]	2008-07-09 14:55:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV TBIO PE
08LIMA1183	JUNE TRADE, INVESTMENT & AVIATION BRIEFS [...] This is an update on the following trade, investment and aviation news from Peru: Trade -- Peru Pursuing Trade Negotiations in Asia -- Trade Agreement with China Moves Forward -- Bilateral Trade Between Peru and India Exceeds $450 million -- Imports Reach Record Level in May -- Wal-Mart a [...]	2008-07-11 17:07:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN EAIR USTR PE
08LIMA1348	PRESIDENT GARCIA AT TWO YEARS: WEAKENED BUT [...] (C) Summary: President Alan Garcia enters the third year of his presidency facing the same principal challenges that have confronted his government since he took office in July 2006: how to turn Peru's strong growth into benefits for the entire population. Peru grew 9% in 2007 and the governme [...]	2008-08-14 20:20:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON PE
08LIMA1439	EEB A/S SULLIVAN AND WHA PDAS KELLY PITCH TRADE & [...] (C) A/S Sullivan and PDAS Kelly engaged the GOP's Foreign and Trade Ministers on the details of the Alliance for Growth & Prosperity (AGP) initiative in Lima on August 20-21. The visit revealed some differences among our GOP interlocutors and moved Peru from questioning to problem-solving mod [...]	2008-08-29 19:24:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL EFTA UNGA PE
08LIMA1453	POVERTY IN PERU DECREASING SUBSTANTIALLY [...] Poverty in Peru dropped in 2007 to under forty percent, a substantial 5.2 percentage points below the 2006 level of 44.5%, the GOP's National Institute of Statistics (INEI) announced recently. The poverty reduction is consistent with high growth rates of recent years, including 9% GDP growth i [...]	2008-09-04 12:06:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI PGOV ETRD PE
08LIMA150	PERU SIGNS FTA WITH CANADA AND MOVES FORWARD ON OTHER FREE [...] (SBU) With the U.S.- Peru Free Trade Agreement, approved by the U.S. Congress last month, in its implementation phase, the Government of Peru (GOP) has closed its agreement with Canada, and is actively negotiating a tariff-only deal with China. The GOP is also looking to conclude agreements w [...]	2008-01-28 19:50:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN USTR CA CH CI EU PE
08LIMA1594	PERU CIVAIR: GOP AGREES TO HOLD FORMAL [...] EconCouns and EconOff delivered reftel demarche on September 26 to Ernesto Lopez, Peruvian Director General for Civil Aviation, and on September 29 to Carlos Puga, Vice Minister for Transportation. Per reftel, post said that the USG considered our meetings to constitute consultations under A [...]	2008-10-02 16:38:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PE
08LIMA1606	PERU ON TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP (TPP) AGREEMENT [...] (U) EconCouns and EconOff delivered reftel points on September 24 to Javier Paulinich, the Peruvian MFA's Director General for WTO Issues and International Economic Negotiations. 2. (SBU) Paulinich said Peru was analyzing whether it made sense to seek to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership [...]	2008-10-03 15:11:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ETRD ECON POL PE
08LIMA1616	PERU TRADE & INVESTMENT BRIEFS [...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: --Record Imports & Exports --Peru Joins OECD Declaration on Investment --IMF's Valdivieso Named Minister of Economy & Finance --Chinese Trade Negotiations & Investment Accelerating --Central Bank Fights Inflation --Ja [...]	2008-10-03 22:12:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LIMA1714	PERU'S ECONOMY: MORE PROTECTED THAN MOST FROM THE [...] (C) Peru's economy will slow as a result of the global financial crisis, but its relatively low exposure to risky external debt and high liquidity should soften the potential blow. Like its counterparts around the world, the Lima Stock Exchange has dropped significantly, sharply reducing the [...]	2008-10-27 16:28:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL PE
08LIMA1716	PERU'S ECONOMY: MORE PROTECTED THAN MOST FROM THE [...] (C) Peru's economy will slow as a result of the global financial crisis, but its relatively low exposure to risky external debt and high liquidity should soften the potential blow. Like its counterparts around the world, the Lima Stock Exchange has dropped significantly, sharply reducing the [...]	2008-10-27 20:16:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL PE
08LIMA1732	NEA A/S WELCH MEETINGS WITH SPANISH OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. NEA A/S Welch, accompanied by DCM, met with FM Moratinos, Director General for the Mediterranean, Magreb and Near Orient Fidel Sendagorta, and Policy Planning Director Andres Ortega on October 23 to discuss a wide range of issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),the Magr [...]	2008-10-31 21:55:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KHDP ETRD ENRG EC PE
08LIMA1742	OCTOBER TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS [...] (U) This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade -- Update on Peru-China Free Trade Agreement Negotiations -- Peru-EFTA FTA Negotiations Concluded -- Export Growth in September - The Lowest Growth in Six Years -- Exports of Fruits and Vegetables Mostly Unaffec [...]	2008-11-03 20:28:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LIMA1813	PERU NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT 2009 [...] (U) In response to State 88447, Embassy Lima reports the following update for its National Trade Estimate Report. This report has also been sent as a Word document with track changes to USTR by email. 2. (U) TRADE SUMMARY The 2008 data is current as of August 2008. The U.S. goods trade [...]	2008-11-18 15:24:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON EINV PGOV
08LIMA1864	NOVEMBER TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS [...] (U) This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade -- Peru and China Close Trade Negotiations -- Peru and Mexico Trade Agreement - Issues Remain -- Peru and Japan Advance towards FTA Investment -- Koreans Visit Peru Looking for Business Opportunities -- P [...]	2008-12-03 19:54:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LIMA1897	PERU ANNOUNCES $3.3 BILLION STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (U) On December 7, Peruvian President Alan Garcia announced a stimulus package amounting to 10 billion soles (approximately $3.3 billion),or 2.47% of Peru's GDP. The intention is to provide a counter-cyclical fiscal boost to the economy. Thus far, the most significant negative effects in P [...]	2008-12-10 18:33:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PE
08LIMA1973	DECEMBER TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS [...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade -- The EU Initiates Bilateral Trade Talks with Peru -- Mexico and Peru Expand Ace No. 8 -- The Global Financial Crisis and Exports to the US -- Ministry of Transportation to Ban Import of Used Cars -- Toy Ex [...]	2008-12-29 22:09:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LIMA213	PERU ENERGY UPDATE [...] This is an update on the following energy sector news from Peru: -- Shell returns to Peru by buying BPZ Energy -- Japanese interested in Peru explorations -- Biodiesel and Ethanol projects seek to meet demand -- Brazilians seek ethanol projects because of PTPA -- Natural gas displaces diese [...]	2008-02-05 21:58:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON SENV EINV ETRD PE
08LIMA226	PERU REQUEST FOR EEB FY08 BIOTECH FUNDS [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 5-7. BACKGROUND ---------- 2. Post appreciates the opportunity to request funding for agricultural biotech initiatives. Peru is a high priority country (reftels) and our newest free trade agreement partner. Peru allows the import of agbiotech [...]	2008-02-07 14:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ENRG SENV ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO PE
08LIMA297	PERU: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (U) Summary. Post concurs with industry recommendations that Peru remain on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2008. Peru continues to face high levels of patent, copyright and trademark infringements in all sectors. Challenges include adequate funding, increasing inspections, strengthening [...]	2008-02-20 18:32:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD USTR PE
08LIMA304	PERU AND CHILE: CONFRONTING OBSTACLES TO IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary: President Alan Garcia took office in 2006 planning to expand and deepen Peruvian relations with Chile while quietly downplaying a series of potentially thorny obstacles. The GOP continues to desire improved bilateral relations, but the obstacles to progress have been anything but [...]	2008-02-21 23:27:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD MARR PINR CI PE
08LIMA394	TELECOM REGULATOR SANCTIONS THREE MOBILE OPERATORS [...] OSIPTEL, the Peruvian telecommunications regulatory agency, announced today that three mobile phone operators will be sanctioned for deficiencies in service experienced before and after the magnitude 8.0 earthquake that struck Peru on August 15, 2007. The three companies include Telefonica Mo [...]	2008-03-04 21:06:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECPS ECON EFIN EAID USTR PE
08LIMA417	DESIGNING AN ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY [...] (SBU) Instructed by President Garcia, a commission of experts presented draft legislation on March 3 establishing an Environment Ministry in Peru and outlining its structure and responsibilities. After discussion and tweaking by the Council of Ministers, the GOP plans on creating the Ministry [...]	2008-03-07 16:55:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON ETRD ENRG EMIN PGOV USTR PE
08LIMA470	UNIONS LOOK AT THE PERUVIAN LABOR SCENE [...] (SBU) Summary: Many political analysts and labor officials agree on the fundamental labor issues facing the government of Peru as implementation of the U.S. and Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) draws closer. The most pressing is reducing the size of the informal economy and providing mo [...]	2008-03-14 21:19:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ELAB PGOV PHUM ECON PE
08LIMA488	FINANCE MINISTER, CENTRAL BANKER TALK TO TREASURY DAS [...] SUMMARY. Finance Minister Luis Carranza and Central Bank President Julio Velarde told Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Brian O'Neill March 8 that they were concerned about the appreciation of the Nuevo sol vis a vis the weakening dollar, and the inflation that they attributed to increases [...]	2008-03-18 22:14:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV PE
08LIMA516	PERU ENERGY UPDATE: MARCH 2008 [...] This is an update on the following energy sector news from Peru: -- Natural gas consumption surges -- Distributing LNG within Peru -- Vehicular use boosts LPG sales -- Pisco-Lima LPG pipeline -- US firm to build Peru's first petrochemical plant -- Thermal power generation heats up -- $1 [...]	2008-03-25 17:32:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EINV ETRD SENV PE
08LIMA564	"ARC OF THE PACIFIC" INITIATIVE QUIETLY PROGRESSES [...] (C) Summary: Eleven Latin American governments led by Peru's President Alan Garcia launched the "Arc of the Pacific" initiative in Cali, Colombia in January 2007 as a new forum to promote Latin American economic and political integration. The Arc initiative so far has held two ministerial-lev [...]	2008-04-02 18:57:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON PINR PE
08LIMA655	PERU TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS [...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: -- Imports Increase 30% First Two Months of 2008 -- Peru Reports $538 Million Trade Surplus for February -- 2007 Agriculture Exports Remain High -- Peru Investment Grade Follow On -- Strike, Environmental Challenges at [...]	2008-04-15 19:26:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LIMA693	PERU TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS [...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: -- Imports Increase 30% First Two Months of 2008 -- Peru Reports $538 Million Trade Surplus for February -- 2007 Agriculture Exports Remain High -- Peru Investment Grade Follow On -- Strike, Environmental Challenges a [...]	2008-04-21 17:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LIMA695	GARCIA: PERU VICTIM OF ETHANOL-INDUCED [...] (U) At an April 21 inauguration for the world's biggest compressed natural gas filling station (built by US' Clean Energy),President Garcia described GOP efforts to increase natural gas and hydropower use and blamed the ethanol boom for "unfairly" boosting food prices. He cited wheat (bread [...]	2008-04-21 20:48:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EAGR ETRD SENV APECO USTR PE
08LIMA730	DOLLARIZATION DROPS BELOW 50%, VEHICLE CREDITS KEEP [...] Summary: Dollarization in Peru, as measured by bank deposits, decreased to below 50% in March 2008, when deposits in domestic currency exceeded those in dollars for the first time since the economic reforms of the 1990s, according to a report of the Banks Association (ASBANC). ASBANC also rep [...]	2008-04-28 20:17:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PE
08LIMA739	PERU'S "SUCCESS": A VIEW FROM THE LEFT [...] (C) Summary: Whatever the manifest positive impact of Peru's economic success, many Peruvians have failed to benefit from it, according to our labor, social sector and "anti-systemic" contacts. This situation has led to a rising sense of frustration and discontent with the government, exacer [...]	2008-04-29 18:27:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR PE
08LIMA876	PERU CREATES ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY, NAMES ENVIRONMENTALIST [...] (U) The Government of Peru officially announced the creation of the Ministry of Environment and named the first Minister, ecologist Antonio Brack. The new Ministry will incorporate most of the existing environmental agencies and technical experts under one roof, and strengthen the government's [...]	2008-05-19 14:48:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV ETRD EINV EAID ECON USTR EXIM PE
08LIMA893	PERU ENERGY: SHIFTING FROM OIL TO NATURAL GAS [...] Peru's government is working to substantially diversify its energy mix over the next three years. It hopes to reduce its reliance on petroleum to one third of total energy use by increasing natural gas and renewable energy use to one third each. Although Peru imported 63% of its crude petrol [...]	2008-05-20 19:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON SENV EINV ETRD PE
08LIMA906	PERU ENERGY BRIEFS - MAY 2008 [...] (U) This is an update on the following energy sector news from Peru: -- New Environment Minister sets conditions for sustainable biofuels development; -- Brazil and Peru sign 10 agreements on margins of EU-LAC Summit, including biofuels; -- Brazilian firms to build $2 billion hydroelectric p [...]	2008-05-21 22:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON SENV EINV ETRD PE
08LIMA956	PERU TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS - MAY 2008 [...] (U) This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: TRADE -- Peru signs FTAs with Canada and Singapore -- Peru-China FTA May Be Completed in Two More Rounds -- Peru and Chile Moving Closer to Finalizing FTA -- Imports Registered a 47% Growth in April -- Overall Incr [...]	2008-06-02 19:00:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LISBON1234	PORTUGAL: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES [...] SUMMARY: When it comes to rising cost of food and agricultural commodities, Portugal is one of the most vulnerable member-states in the European Union (EU). In fact, the average Portuguese family will spend 620 euros (974 USD) more for food in 2008 - a 38% increase over 2007. This vulnerabi [...]	2008-05-23 16:15:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL
08LISBON1257	DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT'S GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-28 11:23:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD TBIO PO
08LISBON1289	PORTUGAL CONSIDERING GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS [...] Poleconoff and Naval Attache delivered reftel points regarding Global Maritime Partnerships (GMP) to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense, which are considering possible key areas for participation. GOP interlocutors currently have no suggestions for GMP activities. 2. COMMENT: [...]	2008-06-02 16:55:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS
08LISBON1340	ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN PROMOTES WAVE ENERGY AND [...] On his first trip to Portugal as Energy Secretary, Samuel Bodman highlighted the two countries' shared commitment to enhancing global energy and port security. During his stay, he signed two memoranda of understanding -- one with Economy Minister Pinho to collaborate on wave energy research a [...]	2008-06-09 14:30:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KGHG TRGY ECON PO
08LISBON1402	BLOCKADE SPARKS PANIC AT THE PUMPS AND IN STORES [...] (U) A three-day truckers' blockade protesting rising fuel costs triggered panic gas purchases as people flocked to fill their gas tanks before the supply ran out. The blockade, which began on June 9, visibly affected southern Portugal, including Lisbon. After just 48 hours, several supermarke [...]	2008-06-16 17:18:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV ELAB PO
08LISBON1621	PORTUGAL CANDIDACY FOR UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 10:45:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO
08LISBON1898	PORTUGAL WON'T MEET RENEWABLE ENERGY TARGETS [...] (C) Portugal is falling short on efforts to expand biofuels production due to tender problems this year. Portugal continues a broadbased effort to diversify energy sources, wooing potential new suppliers for petroleum and natural gas while expanding renewable energy generation capacity. Alth [...]	2008-08-04 16:27:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KGHG TRGY ECON PO
08LISBON2638	PORTUGAL RESPONSE: FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 06:56:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PREL UN PO
08LISBON2659	PORTUGAL'S 2009 BUDGET TO MAINTAIN DISCIPLINE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Portuguese Government's 2009 budget request maintains the record low budget deficit that was achieved last year (2.2% of GDP). There are no major policy or spending shifts in the budget request and, for that reason, there was little significant criticism from opposition pa [...]	2008-10-22 13:02:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PO
08LISBON2666	PORTUGAL FINANCIERS FORESEE LEAN TIMES AHEAD [...] Six leading Portuguese financiers told the Ambassador the Portuguese financial market is "getting by" with decreasing profits during the current "deleveraging" period. Although there is some concern about bank liquidity, the GOP is expected to announce a bank recapitalization program next we [...]	2008-10-27 12:08:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PO
08LISBON2689	(C) WHY PORTUGAL IS SOFT ON RUSSIA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Portugal has shown itself to be notably reluctant to criticize Russian misbehavior in recent months. There is no single reason for this, but rather a combination of Portugal's new economic diplomacy, a desire to find a "balance" on tough issues, and some preconceptions on the [...]	2008-11-03 16:54:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON RS PO
08LISBON2690	PORTUGAL'S TAKE-AWAYS FROM THE LUSO-BRAZILIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 28, Brazil hosted the Ninth Luso-Brazilian Summit in Salvador, Brazil. The summit is held biennially to discuss common bilateral agendas, and this year included discussions on the financial crisis, the status of the Doha Round and the signing of ten bilateral commercia [...]	2008-11-04 09:27:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV BR PO
08LISBON2694	PORTUGAL BANK NATIONALIZATION RATIFIED [...] (U) The Portuguese parliament ratified the nationalization of Banco Portugues de Negocios (BPN) announced by Finance Minister Teixeira dos Santos on November 2. The takeover, the first bank nationalization in Portugal since 1975, was prompted after days of negotiation failed to produce an a [...]	2008-11-07 11:06:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PO
08LISBON2707	PORTUGUESE BANKERS OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Portuguese financiers continue to express cautious optimism about the Portuguese financial markets and to support the leadership demonstrated by the U.S. Treasury Secretary and Portuguese Finance Minister. Ambassador Stephenson met with four leading Portuguese bankers who are concerned a [...]	2008-11-13 17:11:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PO
08LISBON2735	PORTUGAL - PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 16:39:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PREL PO
08LISBON2736	PORTUGAL - GPAF DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 16:39:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV PO
08LISBON2754	PORTUGAL: IMPROVING EU BURMA SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 10:30:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM EU PO
08LISBON2771	PORTUGAL: PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 16:07:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PREL PO
08LISBON286	PORTUGAL: CY 2007 STAFFING LISTS AND BUDGETARY [...] Per reftel, below are staff lists and extrabudgetary data on the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) and the International Copper Study Group (ICSG). 2. STAFF LISTS -------------- * * * * * ILZSG * * * * * NAME POSITION CITIZENSHIP GRADE Smale, [...]	2008-02-04 12:36:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER ECON KUNR OECD POL UN APECO UNESCO
08LISBON433	PORTUGAL: RECENT COMMERCIAL SUCCESS STORIES [...] Per reftel, post reports the following commercial success story: DATE: September 16, 2007 POST/DEPARTMENT OFFICE: FCS, ODC, Pol/Econ COUNTRY: Portugal COMPANY: Lockheed Martin MS2 Tactical Systems COMPANY/HEADQUARTERS (state/zip): MN/55121-2034 ISSUE/PROJECT: In early 2007, Embas [...]	2008-02-20 11:05:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ECON EINV PO
08LISBON441	PORTUGAL: SPECIAL 301 WATCH LIST NOT RECOMMENDED [...] (SBU) Post recommends that Portugal remain off the 2008 Special 301 Watch List. Overall, intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in Portugal is adequate and IPR legislation is generally consistent with WTO rules, EU directives, and the trade-related intellectual property (TRIPS) provision [...]	2008-02-21 07:37:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR PO
08LISBON464	PORTUGAL: CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED REPORT ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 15:33:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PO PREL
08LISBON492	POSSIBLE PORTUGUESE-IRANIAN GAS AGREEMENT ON THE [...] (C) Foreign Minister Luis Amado confirmed during a January 23 press conference that Portugal's largest energy company, Galp Energia, and Iran's National Oil Company, NIOC, are in negotiations over a natural gas exploration and production project in Iran. The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and [...]	2008-02-26 17:58:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON TRGY PO IR RS AG
08LISBON793	PORTUGAL'S ECONOMY SURPASSING EXPECTATIONS, [...] For the second year in a row, the Government of Portugal has exceeded its own economic benchmarks, registering 1.9% GDP growth in 2007 vs. the projected 1.8 % and lowering the budget deficit below the eurozone 3.0% limit to 2.6%, a year ahead of schedule. These positive results validate the [...]	2008-03-31 16:42:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD PO
08LJUBLJANA108	SLOVENIAN NGOs ENGAGE ON CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) On February 27, two local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) organized a roundtable entitled "Climate and Development" to bring attention to the growing concerns in Slovenia regarding climate change. The roundtable attracted senior-level politicians and experts from the field of clim [...]	2008-03-05 15:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV ENRG BEXP PREL SI
08LJUBLJANA118	SLOVENIA CLEANING ITS ECONOMIC HOUSE [...] (SBU) The Government of Slovenia (GOS) is making a strong push to investigate and convict people guilty of economic crimes. The Office of the State Prosecutor General (Office) has been hampered by a lack of coordination between its office and the police, and its small work force. In response [...]	2008-03-07 15:18:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV KCOR KJUS ASEC SI
08LJUBLJANA142	EU COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS - LISBON STRATEGY, CLIMATE AND [...] (U) The March 13-14 European Council resulted in the launch of the second cycle of the renewed Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs, ratification of the EU's climate and energy package, and proposals to create greater stability in the financial markets. Slovenian Prime Minister and EU Council [...]	2008-03-26 15:35:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV SENV ENRG EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA156	HARRAHQS INVESTMENT PLAN FALLS THROUGH [...] (C) On March 31, an advisor to HarrahQs Entertainment informed Charge that HarrahQs has ended its efforts to develop an entertainment/casino center in western Slovenia with the Slovenian state-owned gaming company Hit. HarrahQs executives sent private letters on March 31 to Prime Minister Jan [...]	2008-04-01 13:53:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD SI
08LJUBLJANA159	ECOFIN CONCLUSIONS - FIGHTING INFLATION, [...] (SBU) The Informal Meeting of the Ministers for Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) held at Brdo April 4-5 produced no surprises as the Minsters for Finance and European Central Bank (ECB) governors from the 15 eurogroup members met to discuss "efficient and effective" strategies for contr [...]	2008-04-07 18:03:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA161	SLOVENIA AND U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AGREE ON IMPORTANCE OF THE TEC [...] (C/NF) In April 3 meetings with Dan Christman, Senior Vice President of International Relations at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, senior officials from the Ministry of Economy (MoE) and MFA stressed that the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) was very important for Slovenia and that it was im [...]	2008-04-09 14:09:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD EUN SI PGOV
08LJUBLJANA183	SLOVENIAN AGRICULTURE MINISTER TO ATTEND CSD-16 [...] (U) On April 21, Emboffs delivered reftel points to MFA International Development and Humanitarian Assistance Minister Plenipotentiary, Ales Verdir, who stated that although Slovenia appreciates U.S. concerns regarding a Zimbabwean chair of the UN Commission for Sustainable Development (CSD),[...]	2008-04-22 13:33:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AORC PREL EAGR EUN EAID ECON SI
08LJUBLJANA189	USDOC DYCK VISIT TO SLOVENIA FOCUSED ON TEC AND BILATERAL [...] (SBU) U.S. Department of Commerce's (DOC) Deputy Assistant Secretary Paul Dyck's early April meetings with senior officials SIPDIS from the Slovene government centered on the importance of moving the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) forward and stressed the value of increasing bilateral [...]	2008-04-28 07:29:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA195	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL [...] (U) Slovenia is an EU and eurozone member with a high level of political and economic stability. Rising food prices have not yet had any environmental impact in Slovenia. The main political and economic impact of increases in consumer food prices in Slovenia is in regards to inflation. Slov [...]	2008-04-30 10:46:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL SI
08LJUBLJANA20	EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS LUNCH FOCUSES ON KOSOVO [...] (C) At the January 11 EU luncheon, EUR A/S Dan Fried urged the EU Political Directors not to delay Kosovo's independence, anticipated after the second round of the Serbian elections February 3. The Slovenian Chair, Political Director Mitja Drobnic, and A/S Fried both recognized how far the EU [...]	2008-01-15 16:20:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ECON ENRG SI
08LJUBLJANA203	SLOVENIA'S MINISTER OF ECONOMY SUPPORTIVE OF TEC [...] (C) In a May 6 meeting with Charge, Minister of Economy Andrej Vizjak strongly agreed with our overall assessment that the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) is an excellent vehicle to raise complicated regulatory issues at the political level to effect change. He insisted that European eco [...]	2008-05-07 14:47:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EUN EINV ETRD SI
08LJUBLJANA208	EU TRANSPORT MINISTERS FOCUS ON TRAN-EUROPEAN [...] (U) At their May 6 informal meeting, EU transport ministers examined the status of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) and discussed measures needed to reduce carbon emissions by 20 percent by 2020. At a related press conference, Slovene Minister of Transport and Transport Council p [...]	2008-05-12 12:25:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELTN EAIR EWWT SENV PGOV EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA219	CONGRESSMAN OBERSTAR URGES EU TRANSPORT OFFICIALS TO [...] (U) During his May 5-6 visit to Slovenia to meet with EU transport officials during the informal meeting of EU transport ministers, Congressman James Oberstar, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, suggested increased U.S.-EU cooperation to set global standards f [...]	2008-05-20 17:14:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ELTN EWWT SENV PREL PGOV EUN OREP SI
08LJUBLJANA227	SLOVENE RESPONSE TO U.S. CANDIDACY FOR CHAIRPERSON [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 10:44:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO SI
08LJUBLJANA229	AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL TO FIGHT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 14:06:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO SI
08LJUBLJANA23	EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS TROIKA MEETING FINDS COMMON [...] (C) At the January 11 U.S. - EU Troika meeting, A/S Fried and EU Presidency, Council, and Commission representatives generally found common ground on Afghanistan, Ukraine, Belarus, and Burma. On Iran, the EU advised that even a weak UNSCR would help pave the way for stronger EU sanctions. The [...]	2008-01-18 08:09:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV IR IS BM SY ECON ENRG SI
08LJUBLJANA235	SLOVENIAN FM LOOKING FORWARD TO U.S.-EU SUMMIT [...] (C) At a May 28 lunch, Foreign Minister Rupel stressed to the Ambassador that Slovenia hoped the message of the June 10 U.S.-EU Summit would be our strong transatlantic partnership. He added that the bilateral meetings should not be as prominent. FM Rupel also highlighted the helpful role of [...]	2008-05-29 09:31:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN PGOV ECON EINV SI
08LJUBLJANA238	AMBASSADOR GHAFARI PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, four days after arriving in Ljubljana, Yousif B. Ghafari presented his credentials as the new U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia to President Turk. At a follow-on courtesy call the President and the Ambassador agreed on the need for greater U.S. business activity in Sloveni [...]	2008-05-30 15:03:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN PGOV ECON EINV SI
08LJUBLJANA24	EUR A/S FRIED URGES SWIFT COORDINATED U.S.-EU [...] (C) In each of his bilateral meetings in Ljubljana January 10-11, EUR A/S Dan Fried discussed the U.S.-EU Summit, saying that it is likely to be in June and planning is underway. In meetings with the PM's advisors and the MFA, they identified possible themes for the summit as regional issues, [...]	2008-01-18 10:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ECON ENRG MARR SI
08LJUBLJANA30	GOS OFFICIALS DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) On January 18 OES Climate Negotiator Dr. Harlan Watson and CEQ-NSC Senior Coordinator for Energy Security and Climate Change Dr. Robert Dixon met with representatives from the Government of Slovenia (GOS) to discuss preparations for the various climate change meetings that will take place [...]	2008-01-23 14:06:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG SI
08LJUBLJANA312	SLOVENE HEALTH MINISTER DISCUSSES PUBLIC PRIVATE [...] (SBU) Slovene Health Minister Zofija Mazej Kukovic shared a vision of using public private partnerships (PPPs) to fund specialty clinics throughout Slovenia during a July 7 meeting with the Ambassador. She stated that although Slovenians are afraid of the U.S. health care system, Slovenia cou [...]	2008-07-11 09:47:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD USTR BEXP SI
08LJUBLJANA347	SLOVENE MINISTER OF ECONOMY ON SOUTH STREAM AND [...] (C) On July 29, Ambassador Ghafari met the Slovene Minster of Economy Andrej Vizjak to discuss economic development and energy goals. Vizjak expressed his support for the South Stream Pipeline, stating that Slovenia has an "energy deficit" and needs to pursue diversification of energy source [...]	2008-08-05 14:54:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL SI
08LJUBLJANA42	SLOVENIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (U) Post has determined that there are no/no critical infrastructure or key resources (CI/KR) in Slovenia (as defined in para 4 of reftel) which - if destroyed, disrupted or exploited - might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the security, national economic security, national public [...]	2008-02-01 11:57:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER
08LJUBLJANA421	PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: MARGINAL IMPACT ON [...] (C) Slovenia's September 21 parliamentary elections will either continue PM Janez Jansa's center-right government or bring in one led by a center-left coalition. In either case, however, we expect Slovenia to continue its deep, strong relationship with the U.S., and its active engagement in th [...]	2008-09-15 16:23:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG SI

08LJUBLJANA427	SLOVENIA APPRECIATIVE OF DEMARCHE ON CHINESE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 15:01:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP ECON EFIN PARM SI
08LJUBLJANA431	LEFT STAGES SURPRISE UPSET IN SLOVENIA'S ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. Unofficial results from the September 21 parliamentary elections indicate that the center-left Social Democrats (SD) defeated the center-right Slovene Democratic Party (SDS),leader in the governing coalition. SD won 30.5 percent of the vote, resulting in 29 parliamentary seats, [...]	2008-09-22 11:17:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG SI
08LJUBLJANA47	SLOVENIA GIVES POSITIVE READ-OUT OF MEM 2; PLANS [...] (SBU) On February 5, the Undersecretary for the International Relations Department at the Slovenian Environmental Ministry, Andrej Kranjc, who also headed Slovenia's EU presidency delegation at the Major Economies Meeting (MEM) in Honolulu, told Emboff that the MEM meetings sparked a constru [...]	2008-02-05 13:28:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON TSPL KSCA KGHG EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA482	PM JANSA GIVES INCOMING GOVERNMENT THE BENEFIT OF [...] (C) During a one-on-one lunch with the Ambassador, outgoing PM Janez Jansa predicted that - with the exception of Iraq - Slovenia's foreign policy would not change much under the new center-left government, and that the U.S.-Slovenia relationship would continue to be strong. The consensus for [...]	2008-10-24 13:07:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MASS EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA487	NO IMMINENT FINANCIAL CRISIS IN SLOVENIA, BUT WARY [...] (U) Per ref A tasking, this message provides an initial read on Slovenia and the financial crisis, including financial conditions, the longer macroeconomic outlook, government actions in response to the crisis, expected domestic impact and possible effects on U.S.-Slovenian relations. The num [...]	2008-10-29 13:54:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL ETRD SI
08LJUBLJANA488	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER 3 GYMNICH AND [...] (C) On October 29, Emboff met with Aljaz Arih, European Correspondent, to deliver reftel's talking points for the November Gymnich and GAERC meetings. Arih stated that the November 3 Gymnich would focus on transatlantic relations and the French had circulated a revised food for thought paper. [...]	2008-10-30 13:26:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN RS GG SI ECON ETRD PGOV IS AF PK
08LJUBLJANA49	USTR MEETINGS EMPHASIZE U.S.-EU TRADE COOPERATION [...] (SBU) During his January 22 meetings with senior Slovene officials in Ljubljana, Deputy USTR John Veroneau emphasized the importance of movement on the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) and the need to reduce trade barriers globally. Veroneau,s speech at the Amcham meeting on globalization [...]	2008-02-06 15:09:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ENRG ETRD EUN PREL SI
08LJUBLJANA496	KEY SLOVENIAN ECONOMIC ADVISOR IDENTIFIES AREAS OF [...] (C) At a November 4 meeting with the Ambassador, former Slovenian Central Bank Chair Mitja Gaspari, who will oversee the Ministries of Finance, Economy and Labor in the new government, stressed that the incoming government would like to continue good bilateral relations with the U.S. Gaspari [...]	2008-11-04 16:26:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD ENRG EINV PINR SI
08LJUBLJANA50	LJUBLJANA'S 2008 BUSINESS FACILITATION INCENTIVE [...] (U) BFIF funds are key in promoting U.S.-EU transatlantic economic cooperation in Slovenia, which is a theme in bilateral dialogue between the U.S. and the Government of Slovenia (GOS). Increasing U.S. exports to and expanding U.S. investment in Slovenia are two high priorities for Embassy L [...]	2008-02-06 15:40:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON EINV ETRD SI
08LJUBLJANA502	PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS BORUT PAHOR AS SLOVENIA'S NEW [...] (SBU) On November 7, Parliament voted 59 to 24 to confirm Borut Pahor, leader of the Social Democrats (SD),as Slovenia's Prime Minister. He immediately took office even though the rest of the government is not formed. It had been clear since SD's win in the September 21 elections that Pahor [...]	2008-11-07 15:25:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL SI
08LJUBLJANA516	SLOVENIA PRESENTS GLOOMIER 2009 FINANCIAL FORECASTS [...] Summary. On 13 November, Maja Bednas, Deputy Director of the GoS think-tank the Institute for Macroeconomic Analysis and Development (IMAD),presented a disheartening account of the impact of the global financial crisis on Slovenia. Bednas gave specific forecast numbers for Slovenia, focusing [...]	2008-11-18 17:08:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL SI
08LJUBLJANA533	SLOVENIA UNLIKELY TO ATTEND POTENTIAL PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 14:56:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK SI
08LJUBLJANA537	NEW SLOVENIAN FM IS "PRO-AMERICA," BUT GIVES [...] (C) In a December 4 meeting with the Ambassador, new Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar stressed that he was pro-American and that Slovenia wanted to continue to deepen its transatlantic ties. He confirmed that Slovenia would withdraw its two instructors from Iraq, either at the end of December o [...]	2008-12-05 12:31:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN PGOV ECON MARR HR SI
08LJUBLJANA550	ECONOMIC FEAR IN SLOVENIA PROMPTS GOS ACTION [...] (SBU) Although recent data show that Slovenia is not yet in a recession, Slovenes fear the onset of one and there is pressure on the government to forestall it. Business directors packed an auditorium on December 8 to ask the Government of Slovenia (GoS) to take swift actions to address the c [...]	2008-12-12 13:45:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL SI
08LJUBLJANA551	SLOVENIAN MINISTER ON ADDRESSING THE ECONOMIC [...] (C) At a December 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Mitja Gaspari, Minister without Portfolio responsible for European Affairs and Development, discussed the measures the government has proposed to avoid a recession (ref A). Gaspari, who heads up the government's Economic Crisis Task Force, said [...]	2008-12-15 15:56:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PREL SI
08LJUBLJANA554	SLOVENIA UNLIKELY TO ATTEND POTENTIAL PAKISTAN [...] (C) On December 12, Emboff delivered ref A's demarche to Marija Adanja, head of the International Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Assistance Division, informing her of the change of date of the proposed conference and urging Slovenia to participate and to provide financial assistance. [...]	2008-12-16 14:33:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK SI
08LJUBLJANA560	SLOVENIA GROWTH REVISED DOWNWARDS AGAIN, GOS [...] The Government of Slovenia (GoS) has revised growth estimates down to 1.1% for 2009, based substantially on new growth forecasts of -0.8% for Germany, Slovenia's biggest trading partner. The growth figures have been falling steadily. In March 2008, the GoS predicted 4.1% GDP growth for 2009. [...]	2008-12-22 15:39:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL SI
08LJUBLJANA561	SLOVENIA HESITANT ON BURMA SANCTIONS, BUT WILL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 16:00:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BM SI
08LJUBLJANA57	IPR CONFERENCE BRINGS U.S.-SLOVENE EXPERTS [...] (U) On October 22, post used BFIF funds and organized a conference entitled "Harness Your Inventive Spirit into Economic Growth: Encouraging Business Innovation through Strong Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Public Private Partnerships," co-hosted by Slovenia's premiere scientifi [...]	2008-02-12 12:48:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EINV ETRD TSPL SI
08LJUBLJANA59	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EU REGULATORY COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 14:48:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD TBIO EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA69	EU - RUSSIA TROIKA: CONSTRUCTIVE, BUT NO CHANGE ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: All parties involved described the EU - Russia Troika, held in Brdo, Slovenia on February 13, as a "constructive" dialogue. However, as expected, discussions on Kosovo were merely a reiteration of the standard positions, neither side gave any ground. While the lunch discussion w [...]	2008-02-14 16:56:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EUN ECON CVIS RS SI
08LJUBLJANA72	CHARGE DISCUSSES ENERGY, KOSOVO WITH SLOVENIAN [...] (SBU) On 12 February, Charg met with Igor Bavcar, the CEO of Istrabenz--one of Slovenia,s largest conglomerates, which has holdings of 65 companies in the energy, tourism, investment, food, and IT sectors--to discuss issues ranging from Instrabenz,s latest business ventures to the upcoming Slo [...]	2008-02-15 11:53:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG BEXP PGOV PREL SENV SI
08LJUBLJANA81	SLOVENIA - 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - [...] (SBU) Slovenian legislation on intellectual property rights (IPR) and data protection is fully aligned with EU legislation, TRIPS, WIPO, and other ratified international treaties. In practice, U.S. pharmaceutical companies have access to the Slovene market. Recent efforts by the Government o [...]	2008-02-21 13:24:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR SI
08LOME272	GOVERNMENT OF TOGO RE-ENGAGES ON CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Togolese Government highlighted the revival of the moribund National Commission for Combating Corruption and Economic Sabotage at the launch of a national workshop in Lome on implementing the UN Anti-Corruption Convention. In his keynote address, the Prime Minister announce [...]	2008-06-10 12:35:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EAID EIND TO
08LOME274	TOGO: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS DEMARCHE [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Kodjo Menan, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on May 23. Menan listened carefully and stated that he is not familiar with any initiatives, but he would speak with the GoT officials who deal with these issues. DUNN [...]	2008-06-11 10:21:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON MARR MCAP PREL TO
08LOME387	RAIN AND FLOODING WASH OUT BRIDGE ON MAIN [...] SUMMARY: Regions of central and southern Togo have been experiencing heavy rainfall leading to loss of life, flooding and most recently the washing out of a strategic bridge on the main North/South road. Travelers between Lome and northern Togo and the Sahel states will need to build in extra [...]	2008-07-29 10:24:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAID SENV TO
08LOME394	OVERFLIGHT OF TOGO'S FLOODED AREAS CONFIRMS [...] SUMMARY: Post was able to conduct an overflight and drive by of Togo's flooded areas. Water damage near Lome, north and east, is clearly visible as well as farther north towards Notse. Washed out bridges, both road and rail, as well as serious flooding in crop fields, lived-in parcels and [...]	2008-07-31 17:11:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETDR EAID SENV TO
08LOME397	UPDATE ON TOGO'S FLOODING SITUATION [...] SUMMARY: France and the UNDP are undertaking evaluation missions of flood damage. The GOT has held a number of crisis meetings and has begun to evacuate the population most at risk. Togo's Disaster Relief Committee has been activated. The GOT has still not provided the donor community wit [...]	2008-08-01 13:00:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETDR EAID SENV TO
08LOME680	GOT PROPOSES 2009 BUDGET [...] Summary. The GOT Council of Ministers adopted a draft of the 2009 budget bill during its weekly meeting on November 5. The budget focuses on priority sectors recommended by the country's interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, completed in April. The proposed budget was sent to the National [...]	2008-12-10 17:11:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV TO
08LONDON1001	A COLLECTIVE YAWN GREETS HMGâ€™S FIRST NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] (C/NF) Summary. Criticism and indifference from British political leaders, foreign policy analysts, and media greeted the publication of HMG's first National Security Strategy (NSS),an initial reaction echoed in many of the Whitehall ministries to which the NSS was directed. UK opposition leaders [...]	2008-04-08 12:05:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER EAID ECON UK
08LONDON1116	UK REACTION TO IRAN SANCTIONS DEMARCHES [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY The UK is actively considering its options in its efforts to contain Iranian nuclear proliferation, and appreciates the information we provided on Banks Melli, Saderat and Mellat, according to Patrick Guthrie, Head of the Financial Sanctions Unit of HM Treasury, and his Deputy, P [...]	2008-04-18 15:42:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN KNNP IR UK
08LONDON1151	(C) BP PREFERS TO MANAGE CHINESE PRESSURE OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY The Chinese government has threatened action against BP assets on the mainland if the company does not halt new projects in disputed South China Sea waters. BP would like to keep any reactions to Chinese pressure over the company's activities in the South China Sea within commercia [...]	2008-04-23 15:54:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PBTS PGOV PREL CA VN UK
08LONDON116	EUROPEAN SUMMIT ON FINANCIAL INSTABILITY SET [...] (SBU) Last October, France, Germany, and the UK agreed to a Summit to discuss current financial market problems. Italy and the EU will join that meeting, in London on January 29. In advance of that summit, the respective finance ministers will meet on January 17. A Cabinet Office source told [...]	2008-01-11 17:54:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UK
08LONDON1170	COURT KNOCKS DOWN TERRORIST ASSET-FREEZING POWERS: [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A UK court ruled on April 24 that the UK had illegally frozen the assets of five individuals accused of terrorism finance. The ruling found fault with the fact that the UK did not engage in parliamentary debate in its implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions on Al-Qae [...]	2008-04-25 11:56:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON KTFN UK
08LONDON1171	STEALING THE SHOW -- PRIVATE INDUSTRY ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] (U) Summary: Participants at a seminar on industry's efforts to stop film piracy broadly agreed on the need to outlaw camcording of films in cinemas. The industry is working with law enforcement to prosecute the organized crime families who produce counterfeit DVD's. Previous public outreach c [...]	2008-04-25 13:38:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR UK ECPS
08LONDON1223	VIGILANCE REGARDING BANK SADERAT'S BRANCH IN ATHENS [...] (S/NF) We delivered reftel points on April 28 to HM Treasury's Patrick Guthrie, head of Financial Sanctions Unit, who said he would share within HMT and with the Financial Services Authority (banking regulator.) Guthrie appreciated receiving the information and agreed Greece had a lax enforce [...]	2008-05-01 11:41:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON KNNP MNUC IR UK
08LONDON126	MDG CALL TO ACTION: MORE UK THINKING [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings at DFID and FCO, UK interlocutors raised PM Brown's Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Call to Action. We were told the Call to Action is intended mesh with existing development initiatives, but bring in a private sector component that the others lack. More d [...]	2008-01-14 18:06:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID UN UK
08LONDON1285	UK MORTGAGE LENDERS OK FOR NOW; HOUSING PRICES FALLING [...] (SBU) Recent announcements of lenders withdrawing mortgage products from the market incorrectly suggest that UK mortgage lenders are in crisis. As a group, mortgage lenders are solvent with significant equity cushions in their mortgage portfolios and default rates remain low. Building societ [...]	2008-05-07 16:35:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UK
08LONDON1300	ICI: UK FOREIGN SECRETARY WILL PROBABLY ATTEND [...] (SBU) UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband will probably lead the UK delegation to the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial in Stockholm, Miliband's Chief of Staff Matthew Gould told us May 9. The UK is not planning any deliverables for the meeting, FCO Iraq Group officers [...]	2008-05-09 13:30:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ UK
08LONDON1303	USAID, DFID AGREE ON COLLABORATION PROJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: UK Secretary of State for International Development, Douglas Alexander, sought USAID Administrator Henrietta ForeQs support for DFIDQs planned September 25 meeting on the Millennium Development Goals in New York. Douglas agreed to co-author an op-ed piece with Fore on why develop [...]	2008-05-09 14:42:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL KHDP ECON UK
08LONDON1386	SURVEY: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 14:51:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL
08LONDON1452	IRAN: FOREIGN SECRETARY SAYS UK TO LEAD FINANCIAL [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Milliband is "very aware" of the centrality of financial measures, both multilateral and bilateral, to the creation of effective pressure on Tehran, and has told the FCO that HMG will be "at the forefront" of international financial efforts against Iran and will push its EU pa [...]	2008-05-23 13:58:00	Embassy London	SECRET	ECON ETTC KNNP PARM PGOV PHUM PREL IR PK UK
08LONDON1457	BANKS STOPPING UK SUB-PRIME LENDING [...] (SBU) Over the last few months the UK has seen the virtual closure of its sub-prime market. Market conditions and action by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) against brokers for poor lending practices may have caused some banks to withdraw from the sub-prime market. The Financial Service [...]	2008-05-27 07:17:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UK
08LONDON1506	HM TREASURY OFFICIALS ON TEC AND DOHA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: HM Treasury officials worry the French may use their EU Presidency to slow Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform and may even try to use labor clauses in free trade agreements to impose some of their own labor market rigidities. They are also concerned by signs of protecti [...]	2008-05-30 16:25:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR UK
08LONDON1568	UK AND SOUTH AFRICA: JULY UK-RSA FORUM OPPORTUNITY [...] (C/NF) Summary. South Africa (RSA) will host Foreign Secretary David Miliband and a high-level HMG delegation in Pretoria for the 8th bi-annual UK-RSA Bilateral Forum July 7 - 8. FCO officials describe the UK's relations with President Mbeki as "the worst the UK has had in recent history" -- [...]	2008-06-05 14:28:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON KDEM SMIG ZU SF UK
08LONDON1586	U/S JEFFERY AND A/S Oâ€™BRIEN PRESS UK ON IRANIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: State Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery and Treasury Assistant Secretary Patrick O'Brien met with UK banking regulators on May 15 to urge increased scrutiny and tougher actions against Iranian banks operating in London. O'Brien and State Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney also d [...]	2008-06-09 10:58:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN ECON IR UK
08LONDON1597	(S) UK MEASURES TO STEM BANK MELLI'S ASSET FLIGHT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 15:26:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN IR KTFN MNUC UK
08LONDON1627	UK SHARES USG CONCERNS RE ISO 26000 DRAFT [...] The UK shares the concerns outlined in the reftel non-paper. They have just received a new working draft 4.2 of ISO 26000. It has not yet been reviewed by the government or discussed with the UK ISO Working Group, but it appears to raise the same concerns as the prior draft. This is the draft [...]	2008-06-13 17:07:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTRO EFIN UK
08LONDON1645	IRAN: FCO READOUT ON SOLANA IN TEHRAN AND PM [...] (S/NF) Summary: Although Iran did not provide an immediate response to the P5 1 refreshed offer, Iran NSC Secretary Jalili unexpectedly agreed to "study the offer carefully," and also agreed it is now up to Iran, rather than the P5 1, to respond (ref a). A reference by Prime Minister Gordon [...]	2008-06-17 16:41:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ECON EFIN KTFN MNUC PINS IR UK
08LONDON1655	UK SPECIAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY IS A SUCCESS [...] (U) By ensuring broad participation, including the UK's five largest banks, and by ensuring strict confidentiality, the Bank of England's (BOE's) Special Liquidity Facility (SLF) has eliminated the stigma associated with borrowing from the BOE. Because of this, BOE contacts told Econoff that t [...]	2008-06-19 09:39:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UK
08LONDON1794	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UK: MAJOR ISSUES AT [...] The UK supports the U.S. positions in reftel. Econoff delivered demarche and diplomatic note on Monday, June 23 to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),who then relayed the message to the Royal Mail. The Royal Mail will represent the UK at the UPU. The FCO says the Royal Mail has also se [...]	2008-07-07 13:41:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO UK
08LONDON1814	ONLINE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT -- NO DEAL YET [...] (C) SUMMARY: British internet service providers (ISP,s) and copyrighted content providers have not yet reached an agreement on how to handle online copyright infringers. HMG is still threatening to impose legislation by the end of the summer if no deal is reached and will release a consultation [...]	2008-07-08 15:30:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS KIPR UK
08LONDON1821	FINDING A ROLE FOR THE OECD -- SECRETARY-GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) Secretary-General Gurria,s recent visit was designed to strengthen the relationship between the OECD and the UK. A broad swathe of UK government ministers met Gurria to express the UK,s commitment to the organization. Gurria [...]	2008-07-09 13:18:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ECON UK
08LONDON1837	FOREIGN OFFICE SEES BROWN-MEDVEDEV TALKS LEADING [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev used their first one-on-one meeting at the G8 summit to build a friendly rapport rather than "score points" on smaller contentious issues, said the Foreign Office (FCO) to members of the diplomatic community. According t [...]	2008-07-10 16:38:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ENRG PREL UK RS
08LONDON1917	SQUEEZED IN THE JAWS OF THE CREDIT CRUNCH -- UK ECONOMY [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 12:30:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD UK EINV
08LONDON1921	SQUEEZED IN THE JAWS OF THE CREDIT CRUNCH -- UK ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: The British economy will slow dramatically in 2008 and 2009 after leading the G7 with GDP growth of three percent in 2007. Ernst and Young predict GDP growth to fall to only 1.5 percent in 2008, the OECD forecasts 1.8 percent, and Oxford Economics says 1.6 percent. Inflation is [...]	2008-07-23 13:00:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD UK EINV
08LONDON1923	2008 REPORT ON UK INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post is unaware of any relevant disputes against the Government of the UK. Post is aware of one outstanding claim of United States persons against the Government of the British Virgin Islands (GBVI). Claimant A reports they were never compensated for a time share vacation club [...]	2008-07-23 16:03:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIDE EINV ECON UK
08LONDON2029	ENERGY'S ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL IMPACT ON THE UK [...] (SBU) Summary. The UK faces two major energy challenges: a rise in fuel poverty and decreasing domestic oil and gas production. Current estimates put the number of households suffering from fuel poverty at 4.5 million according to the National Energy Action, an independent charity. Additionall [...]	2008-08-04 17:28:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL PGOV ECON SENV UK
08LONDON2055	UK PLEASED WITH FIRST MONTH OF FRENCH PRESIDENCY; [...] (C) Summary. France has "listened to" London during the first month of the French Presidency of the EU, especially on issues of current importance to the UK such as Zimbabwe and Iran, and the FCO tells us HMG is optimistic about prospects for the remainder of the Presidency. Despite initial concer [...]	2008-08-06 15:27:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV EUN ETRD IR UP FR UK
08LONDON2211	UK WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT GEORGIA; â€œON THE SAME [...] (C) Summary. The United Kingdom agrees that South Ossetian and Abkhazian representatives should not participate in UN Security Council (UNSC) meetings on Georgia, according to Mariot Leslie, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Director General (DG) for Defense and Intelligence. Leslie told th [...]	2008-08-28 17:13:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID UNSC PREL PGOV FR GG UK UP
08LONDON2217	UK SLIDING TOWARDS RECESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: The economic news is not good for Great Britain or its Prime Minister. GDP growth was 0.0 per cent in the second quarter of 2008, the worst quarter in 16 years. Inflation hit 4.4% in July, and the Bank of England predicts it will rise to 5% by the end of the year. Employment numb [...]	2008-08-29 12:25:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
08LONDON2460	London Financial Experts Anxious for Conclusion of U.S. [...] (SBU) Uncertainty about the fate of the USG proposed $700 billion support facility has paralyzed UK financial markets, senior HMT officials told Econoffs on September 25. There is no inter-bank lending at the moment, and all the big players are waiting for news about the plan before making sig [...]	2008-09-26 14:54:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG IR EINV UK
08LONDON2486	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY'S OCTOBER 10-12 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) The UK economy is reeling from the effects of the global economic crisis, with housing prices falling even faster and further than in the United States. The UK economy continues to slide into recession with negative GDP growth forecast for the second semester of 2008. Inflation, fueled b [...]	2008-09-30 14:26:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KTFN UK
08LONDON2494	New Chief Regulator Faces Baptism by Fire in Month of [...] (SBU) Summary: The global financial crisis, which has hit the UK particularly hard, has turned the spotlight on Britain's recently appointed financial regulator, Jonathan Adair Turner, who succeeded Callum McCarthy as Chairman of the Financial Services Authority. Turner's appointment was well [...]	2008-10-01 15:32:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
08LONDON2542	PM BROWN DOES THE UNEXPECTED IN ADDRESSING [...] (SBU) Summary: The past 72-hours have seen dramatic political maneuvering in London to confront the deepening economic crisis. The first surprise was PM Brown's appointment of his long-time nemesis, the highly controversial figure, Peter Mandelson as business secretary, followed by the creati [...]	2008-10-06 14:22:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV UK
08LONDON2603	BROWN RECEIVES BOUNCE FROM BAIL-OUT PLAN; [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.K. government's agreement to pump GBP 37 billion into three of Britain's largest banks, along with similarly dramatic moves undertaken in the U.S. and in the rest of Europe, buoyed, at least temporarily, London's stock markets, with minor gains posted in the first two days of t [...]	2008-10-15 14:03:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV UK
08LONDON2629	PARLIAMENT'S TREASURY COMMITTEE CLEARS CALENDAR FOR BANKING [...] (SBU) On October 14, the Treasury Committee of the Parliament announced an urgent inquiry into the banking crisis. "The inquiry will take a fundamental look at the causes of the present banking crisis, the current responsibilities of the banks, and the Government to the taxpayer, and the futur [...]	2008-10-17 16:36:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UK
08LONDON2651	USDP EDELMANâ€™S OCTOBER 15 MEETINGS IN LONDON [...] (S/NF) Summary. The UK is pessimistic about Pakistan, especially in light of President Zardari's poor leadership and the bad economy, although they praise efforts by Pakistani President Zardari to cooperate with Afghan President Karzai, UK senior officials at the Ministry of Defense (MOD),Foreign [...]	2008-10-21 17:03:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR UK ECON KNNP MOPS PTER AF FR
08LONDON2683	HMG ACKNOWLEDGES UK ECONOMY ENTERING RECESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: This week, officials publicly acknowledged that the UK is likely to be entering a recession. For months, prominent public figures refused to mention the 'R' word, in favor of talking up the underlying strength of the UK's economic position. However, Mervyn King, Governor of t [...]	2008-10-24 09:40:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
08LONDON2688	Lord Kerr on the U.S. - EU Transatlantic Dialogue [...] (SBU) Lord John Kerr, Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell, Advisory Council Member of Business for New Europe (BNE),and former UK Ambassador to the U.S. shared views on the changing nature of the transatlantic dialogue and climate change at a recent BNE-sponsored event. Transatlantic Dialogu [...]	2008-10-24 14:22:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAIR MARR ETRD PINR EU UK
08LONDON2757	SUMMIT ON FINANCIAL MARKETS AND THE WORLD ECONOMY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 12:07:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN
08LONDON2760	ECONOMIC CRISIS RX - VIEW FROM THE CITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 13:47:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV UK
08LONDON2765	CONSERVATIVE PARTY CAUGHT FLAT-FOOTED BY BROWNâ€™S [...] (C) PM Brown's relatively deft performance (ref b) in handling the economic crisis over the past month has caught the Conservative Party off-guard, and the Tories' response to the crisis has been regrettably tepid, Michael Fallon, Tory MP and senior Tory member of the Treasury Committee, House of C [...]	2008-10-31 15:33:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV UK
08LONDON2766	UK APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS ASSET-FREEZING REGIME [...] (SBU) Summary: The UK Court of Appeals supported the British government's asset-freezing regime after it had been struck down in an April High Court ruling, in an October 30 decision. HM Treasury was largely pleased with the outcome, although they will have to make modifications to UK regulati [...]	2008-10-31 16:57:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KTFN UK
08LONDON2778	IRANIAN IMPORTERS/EXPORTERS: HAVING MORE PROBLEMS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Iranian importers and exporters are encountering ever-greater problems, in all regions including China, in obtaining trade financing due to USG-led international financial measures, according to statements by an Iran banking contact to Embassy London Iran Watcher (poloff). End su [...]	2008-11-03 15:59:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	CJAN ECON EFIN PINS PREL PTER KFIN IR UK
08LONDON2783	ECONOMIC RECOVERY A LONG WAY OFF SAY BANKERS [...] (SBU) The UK economy will not begin to recover until the end of 2009 at the earliest, and the road back to health will be slow, said Stephen King, Group Chief Economist at HSBC Bank plc and Melanie Baker, Vice President at Morgan Stanley. High loan burdens for banks, rising unemployment, and [...]	2008-11-03 16:52:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV UK
08LONDON2784	FINANCIAL CRISIS AND UK DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES [...] (U) Summary: Despite the economic crisis, HMG has no intention of cutting back on assistance and indeed, will move forward to increase funding, UK Development Secretary Douglas Alexander told Parliament on October 30. In response to a parliamentary inquiry, Alexander stated that he plans to pus [...]	2008-11-03 17:04:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN UK
08LONDON2829	HMG ACCUSED OF SEEING NO BLAME, HEARING NO BLAME, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Treasury Select Committee held an unprecedented evidence session November 3 in which the Tripartite Committee authorities responded to Parliamentary questions and to questions emailed to the Committee by the general public. In their responses, the Chancellor of the Excheque [...]	2008-11-10 11:58:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
08LONDON2860	ALCHEMY FOR RECOVERY - RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE G20 SUMMIT FROM SOME OF THE UK'S TOP ECONOMISTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 11:37:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV UK
08LONDON2909	APOLOGIES, EXCUSES, AND GLOOM - TESTIMONY OF EXECUTIVES OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The executive teams of the UK's two nationalized banks, Bradford & Bingley (B&B) and Northern Rock (NR),were quizzed by MPs on the Treasury Committee November 18. B&B executives gave a gloomy outlook for the bank's mortgage books, with GBP 600-800 million losses expected from [...]	2008-11-20 14:28:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
08LONDON2961	PAKISTAN: UK ON MID-DECEMBER DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C/NF) The UK is generally on board with a donors conference on Pakistan, though there is some hesitation over the timing, according to FCO Pakistan Team Leader Laura Hickey. That said, it is likely that a UK Minister will attend. Both Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Development Secretary Do [...]	2008-11-28 14:29:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK UK
08LONDON2970	Spending Sprees And Tax Hikes: The Highs And Lows Of The [...] (SBU) Summary: The November 24 2008 UK Pre-budget report (PBR) announces a GBP 20 billion stimulus package and deficit financing to respond to the recession brought on the global financial crisis. Government debt will double to GBP 1 trillion over the next few years before declining, and the [...]	2008-11-28 16:47:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
08LONDON3042	(U) QUEEN OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH A THIN LABOUR [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Queen laid out Gordon Brown's legislative plans for the coming year in the annual Queen's Speech at the December 3 State Opening of Parliament, but most of the political and media attention was not on PM Brown's legislative agenda (much of which had been released already) but on [...]	2008-12-04 16:57:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON PREL PINR UK
08LONDON3097	Government's Pre-Budget Report: Too Bullish, Too Risky, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pre-Budget Report (PBR),announced on November 24, has been widely criticized, from the size and nature of HM Treasury's fiscal stimulus package to HMT's perceived overly optimistic macroeconomic forecasts. On December 10, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Darling defended t [...]	2008-12-11 16:42:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
08LONDON3152	SCOTLAND: ECONOMICS IS CHANGING POLITICS, SAYS [...] (C/NF) Summary. "Economics is changing the politics in Scotland," new Secretary for the Scotland Office Jim Murphy told Polmincouns December 17, and "the economic crisis has embedded for a generation the idea that Scotland will be better served as part of the United Kingdom." Scotland Office Head [...]	2008-12-17 17:14:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON PBTS UK
08LONDON3186	IRAQ PETROLEUM CONFERENCE 2008: DIALOGUE, [...] (SBU) Summary. Iraq Petroleum 2008, held in London December 1-2, 2009, was a good opportunity for Iraqi officials, representatives from international companies, and participants from other governments to discuss the current situation in Iraq's petroleum sector, focusing particularly on inves [...]	2008-12-19 17:27:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ECON IZ UK
08LONDON341	PM BROWN HOSTS SUMMIT: PROPOSALS FOR STABILITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 29, UK Prime Minister Brown, together with German President Merkel, French President Sarkozy, Italian PM Prodi, and EU President Barroso, issued a joint communiqu proposing steps to enhance transparency and promote stability in the global financial markets. The leade [...]	2008-02-04 11:59:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EU UK
08LONDON347	UK BUSINESS RESERVEDLY OPTIMISTIC ON DOHA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UK international business figure Gary Campkin (PROTECT) is "reservedly optimistic" that the WTO Doha negotiations can be concluded this year. He says that the current global economic and political situation has created a climate giving impetus to reaching an agreement; it will be [...]	2008-02-04 17:57:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD UK EINV
08LONDON349	TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS DISCUSSES ROADS AND [...] (U) Summary: Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, Ambassador Tuttle, and state and local elected officials met with UK Transportation Secretary Ruth Kelly on December 7 to discuss private-public partnerships to address road congestion, stage II of the U.S.-EU aviation agreement, and environmen [...]	2008-02-04 17:58:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ELTN UK
08LONDON470	INTERNATIONAL RUBBER STUDY GROUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary. Per Department of Commerce's request, Embassy London Econoff represented the USG during the Executive Committee meeting of the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) on February 12 - 13. U.S. concerns with the contract extension for the Secretary General (SG) found little tract [...]	2008-02-14 14:00:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD UK AGR EIND
08LONDON475	NON-DOM TAX ISSUE HEATS UP [...] This cable contains an action request. See paras 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The proposed taxation of non-domiciled foreigners in the UK (including Americans) continues to roil the business world here. Trade and Investment Minister Lord Digby Jones warned against implement [...]	2008-02-14 16:59:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD CASC EINV UK
08LONDON476	NON-DOM TAX ISSUE HEATS UP [...] This cable contains an action request. See paras 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The proposed taxation of non-domiciled foreigners in the UK (including Americans) continues to roil the business world here. Trade and Investment Minister Lord Digby Jones warned against implement [...]	2008-02-14 17:38:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD CASC EINV UK
08LONDON498	UK PM BROWN REACHES OUT TO CHINA AND INDIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CBI's head of international affairs Gary Campkin (PROTECT) described PM Brown's recent trip to China and India as "warm, but frantic." The UK-Chinese relationship is going through an especially friendly period in his opinion. In China, the PM discussed climate change, trade, sove [...]	2008-02-15 16:56:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
08LONDON612	MOVING IPR INTO THE MAINSTREAM [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 16:08:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR UK ECPS
08LONDON621	UK NATIONALIZATION OF NORTHERN ROCK: ANOTHER BLOW [...] (C/NF) Summary. The nationalization of British bank Northern Rock adds to the list of woes besetting Gordon Brown' government, but it is not the political catastrophe that the opposition Conservative Party has painted -- and hoped -- it to be. Sixty percent of respondents in a recent poll b [...]	2008-02-29 11:01:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EU UK
08LONDON634	UK NATIONALIZATION OF NORTHERN ROCK: ANOTHER BLOW [...] (C/NF) Summary. The nationalization of British bank Northern Rock adds to the list of woes besetting Gordon Brown's government, but it is not the political catastrophe that the opposition Conservative Party has painted -- and hoped -- it to be. Sixty percent of respondents in a recent poll [...]	2008-02-29 17:04:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EU UK
08LONDON74	HMT STANDS FIRM ON NON-DOM TAX CHANGE [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 08 2. (SBU) Summary: HM Treasury (HMT) told us that the proposed non-domiciled tax changes will take effect in April 2008 as planned despite complaints from U.S. business and other groups. They say they have fully considered the concerns raised by British [...]	2008-01-09 08:41:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD CASC UK EINV
08LONDON749	UK ANNOUNCES 2008 BUDGET - KEY POINTS [...] (U) Summary: Alistair Darling announced his first budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer on March 12. The budget forecast revised growth downward and predicted that inflation will rise above the Bank of England's two percent target. However, Darling took care to emphasize that the UK's economic [...]	2008-03-13 11:34:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD CASC EINV UK
08LONDON750	UK ANNOUNCES 2008 BUDGET - KEY POINTS [...] (U) Summary: Alistair Darling announced his first budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer on March 12. The budget forecast revised growth downward and predicted that inflation will rise above the Bank of England's two percent target. However, Darling took care to emphasize that the UK's economic [...]	2008-03-13 11:34:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD CASC EINV UK
08LONDON774	SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS CREATE JOBS SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) and State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) behave differently, said Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt in a March 10 meeting with Michael Snyder, Chairman, City of London Policy and Resources Committee. Kimmitt said SWFs have been non-political in their instrum [...]	2008-03-14 15:41:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UK

08LONDON778	Treasury Deputy Secretary and British [...] (SBU) Key issues facing the UK, the likely passage of the EU treaty, U.S. financial markets, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs),and the Clean Technology fund were discussed by Jon Cunliffe, Head of International Affairs and Europe at the Cabinet Office in a March 10 meeting with Treasury Deputy Se [...]	2008-03-17 09:47:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UK
08LONDON781	DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT AND PERMANENT UNDER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt and Ambassador Tuttle met Peter Ricketts, UK Permanent Under Secretary (PUS) at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on March 10. Both sides agreed on the need to plan for the one-year review conference for the International Compact wi [...]	2008-03-17 10:20:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ECON EFIN
08LONDON797	BANKING CRISIS NOW ONE OF SOLVENCY NOT LIQUIDITY [...] (C/NF) Since last summer, the nature of the crisis in financial markets has changed. The problem is now not liquidity in the system but rather a question of systemic solvency, Bank of England (BOE) Governor Mervyn King said at a lunch meeting with Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Ambass [...]	2008-03-17 18:27:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN UK
08LONDON801	DEPSEC TREASURY DISCUSES IRAN SANCTIONS, U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a March 10 meeting with Conservative Party leader David Cameron, Deputy Secretary Kimmitt told him that the Iranian financial sector was feeling the effects of Western sanctions and the EU-3 remain unified on tightening the ability of Iranian banks to do business, although [...]	2008-03-18 13:01:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IR IZ UK
08LONDON803	DEPSEC TREASURY DISCUSSES FINANCIAL MARKETS, IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt outlined on March 10 to Yvette Cooper, British Treasury Deputy Secretary-equivalent, USG efforts to stimulate the U.S. SIPDIS economy and address problems in the U.S. housing market. Cooper described efforts to revitalize the securitization [...]	2008-03-18 15:24:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PGOV UK
08LONDON822	LONDON RESPONSE: PRC MOU ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 17:48:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON CM TW OECD UK
08LONDON959	UK FINANCIAL SERVICES AUTHORITY ADMITS FAILINGS RE NORTHERN [...] (U) SUMMARY: An internal report by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on the handling of the now-nationalized Northern Rock (NR) details multiple failings including: high turnover of staff supervising NR; inadequate staff; and infrequent contact with NR management. The report recommends a [...]	2008-04-02 16:58:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UK
08LONDON991	UK ENERGY MINISTER WICKS TELLS U/S JEFFERY THAT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: UK Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks, Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) told Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery that the UK was taking an assertive public and private position on climate change, but that energy [...]	2008-04-07 15:12:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ENRG SENV KGHG UK
08LUANDA191	CHIQUITA BECOMES LARGEST U.S. NON-OIL PARTNER IN [...] Summary: U.S.-based banana giant, Chiquita Brands International, signed March 4 a 15-year agreement with Angolan partners to purchase an estimated 7.7 million boxes of bananas per year from a soon-to-be established 3000 hectare industrial banana plantation in Benguela province. The well-respec [...]	2008-03-07 06:15:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL AO
08LUANDA204	THE ROLE OF A CIVAIR REGULATOR - TAAG AND ANGOLA [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 6. 2. (C) Summary: Contrary to recent press accounts, European Ambassadors in Luanda report the EU ban on TAAG flights to Europe will continue at least into November. A recent EU inspection of Angola's civil aviation system found some regulatory im [...]	2008-03-12 13:13:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON AO
08LUANDA206	FISCAL TRANSPARENCY - ANGOLA INPUT [...] The Government of Angola (GRA) makes its budget public on the Ministry of Finance website about two months after its approval by the National Assembly. Individual schedules break down expenditures by ministry, program and province, and public works projects. Budget documents have grown more [...]	2008-03-12 17:38:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PREL AO
08LUANDA219	SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL PHALEN'S MARCH 18-22 [...] (U) Embassy Luanda warmly welcomes the visit of Professional Staff Members from the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Michael Phalen and Neil Brown on March 18-22. This is the first visit by Congressional Professional Staff to Angola and provides an opportunity to discuss key bilateral is [...]	2008-03-13 17:51:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP ECON EPET EFIN AO
08LUANDA231	STAFFDEL RAISES TRANSPARENCY CONCERNS AND CREATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their March 18 ) 22 visit to Angola, Senate Professional Staff Members Michael Phelan and Neil Brown engaged senior Angolan leaders on transparency, the upcoming legislative elections, and the role of energy in our bilateral relationship. The Angolan interlocutors were [...]	2008-03-26 06:32:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP ECON OPET EAID AO
08LUANDA233	ANGOLA SITUATION REPORT NUMBER 01 - FLOOD EMERGENCY ALERT [...] SUMMARY: Heavy rains that began in late January following an extended drought period have triggered severe flooding in Southern Angola. In Cunene province on the Namibian border, 52,281 people have been affected, 26,915 of them displaced. Six deaths have been reported, with an unknown number [...]	2008-03-26 07:12:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EAGR MI
08LUANDA249	VIGNETTES FROM STAFFDEL PHELAN'S MEETINGS IN LUANDA [...] (C) Summary: StaffDel Phelan's March 18-22 visit to Angola provided an opportunity to engage with a wide range of Angolan leaders on issues of importance to our bilateral relationship. Although the overall theme of the visit focused on investment climate, transparency, and Angola's request for [...]	2008-03-31 09:35:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN AO
08LUANDA287	CIVAIR - PROGRESS BEING MADE, BUT A LONG WAY YET [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 9 2. (SBU) Summary: During an April 7 call on Angola's National Institute for Civil Aviation (INAVIC),Ambassador Mozena and INAVIC Director Antonio Pombal agreed our countries share the same goal: safe and secure aviation in Angola, event [...]	2008-04-09 16:20:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON AO
08LUANDA300	ANGOLA - OPIC FUND NEEDED, BUT INVESTMENT CLIMATE IS DIFFICULT [...] (SBU) Summary: Although awash in cash from its extractive industries, Angola's private sector is severely stunted by a lack of human capacity and a business climate that ranks among the worst in the world due to bureaucratic and legal inefficiencies. Nevertheless, a high rate of return is att [...]	2008-04-15 07:30:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON AO
08LUANDA317	REAPING THE BENEFITS OF PEACE IN KWANZA SUL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Devastated during Angola's 27-year civil war, the once embattled province of Kwanza Sul is on the mend. Ongoing U.S.-funded demining programs are key to the government's success in reopening primary and secondary roads and agricultural land. U.S. assistance in partnership with Ch [...]	2008-04-21 17:01:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EAID KHDP AO
08LUANDA336	PREPARATIONS FOR MAY 28-31 ECONOMIC OUTREACH [...] Post warmly welcomes the May 28-31 interagency visit of senior U.S. officials to Angola, including Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) Jovita Carranza, Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation John Simon (to be confirmed),and AF Deput [...]	2008-04-30 05:52:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV AO
08LUANDA386	ANGOLA RENEWS REQUEST FOR U.S. TREASURY TECHNICAL [...] Key leaders of Angola's economic team, including the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Industry, the National Treasury Director, and the Governor and Vice Governor of the Central Bank have each recently made direct appeals to the Ambassador for the placement of a U.S. Department of the Trea [...]	2008-05-16 10:44:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON PREL AO
08LUANDA531	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - MAJOR UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 17:07:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO AO
08LUANDA537	SCENESETTER FOR U/S REUBEN JEFFERY'S VISIT TO ANGOLA [...] (U) My staff and I warmly welcome your July 21-22 visit to Angola. Your visit, the highest level USG visit to Angola since Secretary Powell's four-hour stop in September 2002, manifests what the Angolan government most wants from America: respect. I hope your visit presages more high level [...]	2008-07-14 11:59:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP JEFFERY REUBEN ECON PGOV EAID AO
08LUANDA574	U/S JEFFERY VISIT SETS THE STAGE FOR DEEPER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Angola rolled out the red carpet to receive Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agriculture Affairs Reuben Jeffery III during his July 21-22 visit to Luanda. In meetings with key players in Angola's economic equation (government, international oil companies, ba [...]	2008-07-28 18:27:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECIN ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD EAID
08LUANDA774	Peace Pays Rich Dividends [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Six years after the end of decades of civil war, the provinces of Huila and Namibe are undergoing a renaissance, with huge public investments in roads, railroads, schools, clinics, administrative buildings, telecommunications and potable water. Despite these efforts and significa [...]	2008-10-02 15:32:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON AO
08LUANDA810	G.E. IS TRYING TO SELL LOCOMOTIVES TO ANGOLA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In March, 2006, GE International submitted the first of three proposals to the Government of Angola for the complete rehabilitation of the existent fleet of 33 locomotives for Angola,s three railroads. Despite numerous sales calls, a complete inspection of the country,s locomotiv [...]	2008-10-09 17:17:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV AO
08LUANDA907	FINANCE MINISTER REQUESTS U.S DEPARTMENT OF [...] Summary: Angola's new Finance Minister made a strong push for the placement of a U.S. Treasury Resident Advisor in Luanda. The Minister told the Ambassador the GRA requires urgent technical assistance with tax reform, budgeting, and debt management. End Summary. 2. During a November 6 cal [...]	2008-11-14 11:39:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON AO
08LUANDA923	CENTRAL BANK ON U.S. TREASURY ADVISOR [...] In a November 14 meeting with DCM, National Bank of Angola Vice Governor Rui Miguens de Oliveira strongly supported the possibility of US Treasury assistance to the GRA. Such assistance, he said, was "something that could really help, from our perspective." He noted the Finance Minister wou [...]	2008-11-19 17:07:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON AO
08LUSAKA1004	ZAMBIA SEPTEMBER 2008 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- Inflation Continues to Rise -- Money Markets Face Challenges -- Zambian Airways Liable for Unpaid Fees -- GRZ Defers Payment Of Windfall Mining Tax -- Zambia-Zimbabwe Power Interconnector Disconnected -- International Gateway License Fee Goes Up Inflation Continues to Rise 2 [...]	2008-10-10 05:47:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EMIN ENRG EINV ECON ZA
08LUSAKA1163	ZAMBIA NOVEMBER 2008 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- Inflation Remains High -- Local Currency Continues To Depreciate -- Farmers Union Acquires Stake in Financial Sector -- ZESCO To Disconnect Power Supply To Lumwana Mine -- Zambia Prepares to Launch Small Claims Court -- Civil Servants To Receive Subsidized Fertilizers Inflation [...]	2008-12-10 14:13:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EMIN ENRG EINV ECON ZA
08LUSAKA1173	ZAMBIA: ECONOMIC WOES IN 2009 [...] (C) Summary. Zambia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by just under six percent in 2008, according to the Ministry of Finance. Although the Zambian Government (GRZ) forecasts five percent growth in 2009, its economic prospects are likely to be challenged by external shocks and unhelpful p [...]	2008-12-17 11:11:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EFIN EINV EMIN ZA
08LUSAKA1181	ZAMBIAN INTEREST IN GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 13:07:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ETRD TBIO EAID PGOV
08LUSAKA1184	ZAMBIA ENTHUSIASTICALLY EMBRACES MCA COMPACT [...] (SBU) In a December 18 meeting, the Ambassador briefed President Rupiah Banda on Zambia's newly announced Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) compact eligibility. The Ambassador stressed that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) board had selected Zambia because of its commitment to gov [...]	2008-12-19 08:24:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL KMCA ZA
08LUSAKA1186	BANDA JUMPS AT TRADE AND INVESTMENT, BALKS AT UN [...] (C) Summary: In a December 18 meeting, President Rupiah Banda and the Ambassador discussed ways to strengthen bilateral commercial ties to promote economic growth in Zambia, including concluding an Open Skies agreement and either a Bilateral Investment Treaty or Trade and Investment Framewo [...]	2008-12-22 05:50:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAGR ETRD EINV ECON EAIR KHIV MASS ZA
08LUSAKA139	IRAN'S COMMERCIAL INTERESTS IN ZAMBIA [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Although Iran does not maintain an official diplomatic presence in Lusaka, Iranian companies show a modest level of commercial interest in Zambia. Imports of Iranian oil may increase over time, as [...]	2008-02-04 08:50:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ETRD EINV PREL IR ZA
08LUSAKA22	ZAMBIA DECEMBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- INFLATION RISES SLIGHTLY IN DECEMBER -- ELECTRICITY RATES WILL INCREASE IN 2008 -- COMMUCATIONS AUTHORITY TO MONITOR QUALITY -- AUSTRALIAN COMPANY BEGINS BIO-DIESEL PRODUCTION -- ZAMBIA FAILS TO MEET ANNUAL COPPER PRODUCTION TARGET -- MANUFACTURING SECTOR RECORDS GROWTH IN 2007 -- [...]	2008-01-07 14:09:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV BEXP EAIR ZA
08LUSAKA278	IMF Mission Supportive of New Mining Tax Regime, [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 13:46:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV EINV ENRG ZA
08LUSAKA293	Zambia and Fiscal Transparency [...] (SBU) Background and introduction: Zambia has a history of endemic government corruption, both under a one-party statist regime during the 1970s and 80s, and also during a period of economic liberalization and privatization in the 1990s. Since 2002, the government has increased its efforts to [...]	2008-03-10 14:32:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV KCOR ZA
08LUSAKA302	ZAMBIA FEBRUARY 2008 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- Government Seeks Financing for Large Oil Deal -- Chinese Expand Commercial Relationship -- Electricity Rates to Mining Companies Increase -- Officials Question Safety of Chinese Coal Mine -- Mining Companies and GRZ Bicker Over New Tax Regime -- Kafue Gorge Power Station Experience [...]	2008-03-14 08:02:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV BEXP EAIR ZA
08LUSAKA309	INPUT FOR PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] Summary. This cable is a response to the reftel action request, regarding input for the 2008 President's Report on AGOA. Zambia is currently eligible for AGOA trade benefits, including textile and apparel benefits. There have been no significant developments since the 2007 report that would [...]	2008-03-17 13:58:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ZA
08LUSAKA319	U.S. Businesses' Views on Zambia's Power Problems [...] (SBU) Summary. At a recent American business roundtable gathering hosted by Ambassador Martinez, U.S. investors and local representatives of U.S. companies shared opinions and voiced frustrations over the electric power situation in the country. Overall, and not surprisingly, businesses are an [...]	2008-03-19 13:03:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ENRG PGOV ZA
08LUSAKA368	ZAMBIA MARCH 2008 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- Inflation Rises Again in March -- Labor Trouble At Chinese-Owned Copper Smelter -- Government Suspends duty on Energy-Saving Devices -- Maamba Coal Mine Seeks Investor -- Indian Firm To Invest in Coal-Powered Energy -- Zambia May Face Fuel Shortage If Financing Is Not Secured -- L [...]	2008-04-01 12:49:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ENRG EPET EFIN ELAB ZA
08LUSAKA40	PHARMACEUTICAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (ZAMBIA) [...] (SBU) Summary. Although counterfeit medicines are prevalent on the local market, the GRZ has not determined the extent of the problem and its implications on the economy and public health. Zambian regulatory institutions lack resources to carry out their mandate, and this shortcoming might con [...]	2008-01-10 15:03:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR BEXP KHIV EAID ZA
08LUSAKA479	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (U) Summary. This cable responds to questions in reftel regarding the impact of rising food/agricultural commodity prices in Zambia. Although Zambia is experiencing food price inflation, at rates exceeding overall inflation, its prices are not directly tied to global market prices, and theref [...]	2008-04-30 12:46:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PREL KMCA ZA
08LUSAKA499	COMESA LEADERS COMMENT ON POSTPONED SUMMIT, COMESA [...] (C) Summary. The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has postponed its ministerial and heads of state meetings, which were scheduled to take place between May 1 to 15 in Victoria Falls, due to the electoral crisis in Zimbabwe. Although the Secretariat has considered the po [...]	2008-05-07 15:05:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ECIN COMESA ZA ZI
08LUSAKA529	ZAMBIA APRIL 2008 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- Inflation Rises to Double Digits -- New Mineral Tax Regime Approved -- GRZ Revises Mines and Mineral Development Act -- GRZ Offers Uranium Mining Licenses -- GRZ Phases Out Leaded Fuel -- Celtel Offers Shares -- LuSe to Automate its Trading System Inflation Rises to Double Digi [...]	2008-05-14 14:24:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ECON EINV ENRG EPET EFIN ZA
08LUSAKA549	ZAMBIA: CROP FORECASTS FOR 2007/2008 SHOW SUFFICIENT [...] (U) Summary. The Ministry of Agriculture has released its crop forecasts for the 2007/2008 agricultural season, as well as Zambia's food balance for the marketing season covering the period from May 1, 2008 to April 30, 2009. The figures show that on a national level estimated production, com [...]	2008-05-20 15:30:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EAID ZA
08LUSAKA849	ZAMBIA SUMMER ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- Inflation Continues to Rise -- GRZ Increases Pharmaceutical Import Fees -- ZESCO Makes Plans to Recapitalize -- GRZ Issues Copper Mining License -- Aviation Sector Expands -- GRZ Achieves IPR Enforcement Success Inflation Continues to Rise 2. According to the Central Stati [...]	2008-08-22 10:52:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EMIN ENRG EINV ECON ZA
08LUSAKA865	KWACHA GENTLY SLIDES IN WAKE OF PRESIDENT'S DEATH [...] (SBU) Summary: Zambia's economy remains relatively sound, despite foreign exchange market fluctuations immediately following news of President Mwanawasa's death. Although the Zambian Kwacha has slipped slightly against the U.S. Dollar, it remains in line with historical averages. The Lusaka [...]	2008-08-27 11:55:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV ZA
08LUSAKA918	ZAMBIA AUGUST 2008 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] (U) SUMMARY -- Inflation Increases in August -- Government Holds Off on Windfall Tax -- Zambian Companies Participate in Chinese Trade Fair -- GRZ Develops Railway Infrastructure -- Zambian Airways Faces Economic Problems Inflation Increases in August 2. (U) Year-on-year inflation conti [...]	2008-09-15 05:44:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EMIN EINV ECON ZA
08LUSAKA980	IMF CONTENT WITH ZAMBIA DESPITE RISING INFLATION AND BUDGET [...] (U) Summary. A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) briefed diplomatic missions on its quarterly meetings with Zambian Government (GRZ) officials. The team's overall impressions of GRZ's macroeconomic performance were good; they noted continued GDP growth and national spending that [...]	2008-10-02 15:17:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ZA
08LUXEMBOURG74	AMBASSADOR WAGNER WARNS BANKERS ABOUT THE RISKS OF DOING [...] (U) During a March 14 speech to the International Bankers Club of Luxembourg, the Ambassador discussed the USG position and policy on Iran sanctions. She reviewed the operations of the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and emphasized the reputational risk of doing b [...]	2008-03-20 15:25:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PREL ECON IR LU
08MADRID1003	MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE, SEPT. 15-19 [...] (SBU) Spanish government officials and press followed the U.S. financial turmoil closely during the week. President Zapatero and Second Vice President and Economy and Finance Minister Solbes reassured Spaniards that Spain's financial sector was safe and its financial firms solvent. Zapatero claimed [...]	2008-09-22 05:59:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB ENRG EWWT KNNP SOCI
08MADRID1008	REPSOL CONFIRMS NO PLANS WITH IRAN AND INDICATES [...] (S) Ambassador Aguirre met September 17 with Repsol General Counsel and Secretary to the Board Luis Suarez de Lezo. During the discussion, Suarez de Lezo advised the Ambassador that, after Repsol had allowed to expire its option on its block in Iran's South Pars field (reftels),it had no remaining [...]	2008-09-22 10:49:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PTER IR
08MADRID1016	SPANISH MFA RECEIVES NON-PAPER RE CHINESE [...] (S) On September 22 PolOff delivered the talking points and non-paper from REFTEL to Gonzalo de Salazar, the MFA's Deputy DG for Non-Proliferation & Disarmament, and Carlos Torres Vidal, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. As the non-paper is classified, neither GOS offici [...]	2008-09-23 13:34:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR CH SP UK
08MADRID1025	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, SEPT. 22-26 [...] (U) While visiting New York to speak at the UN, President Zapatero met with business executives in a September 24 event organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Spain. Executives from firms such as Boeing, Microsoft, IBM, Pfizer, and the Bank of America, as well as the MPAA, participate [...]	2008-09-29 06:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG KIPR SP
08MADRID1050	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, SEPT. 29-OCT. 3 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-03 15:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ELAB SP
08MADRID106	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - JANUARY [...] (U) So reads the FT's Gillian Tett's lead into her insight column. She asks how the big Spanish banks have so far weathered the storm well. She says that Mexico's Central Bank Governor, Guillermo Ortiz, has said that a few years ago, big Spanish banks asked for permission from the regulators [...]	2008-02-04 07:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD SP
08MADRID1064	DEMARCHES ON UNSCR RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-08 12:16:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KNNP EWWT EUN PREL MNUC
08MADRID1080	MADRID ECON WEEKLY, OCT 6-10 - FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 14:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB SP
08MADRID1088	SPAIN'S BASQUE REGIONAL GOVERNMENT EXPANDING ITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Autonomous Community (regional) government of the Basque Country is opening two new offices in the United States, increasing its official presence to three offices. Ana Agirre, the Basque region's Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, will lead a delegation that will offi [...]	2008-10-14 12:10:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PREL SP
08MADRID1101	MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE - OCT 13-17 [...] (SBU) President Zapatero announced October 13 that the GOS will guarantee up to 100 billion euros in bank borrowing this year. This initiative is part of a decree approved that day by the Council of Ministers that incorporates measures agreed over the weekend by heads of state of the euro nati [...]	2008-10-17 19:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG SP PGOV
08MADRID1113	GALICIA POLICE CHIEF ON DRUG SMUGGLING AND LAW [...] (C) In a conversation October 9 with Embassy representatives, the Chief of Police of the regional government of Galicia said that while criminal activity in Galicia remained relatively low (30 crimes per 1000 inhabitants),drug smuggling and the underground economy continued to be important la [...]	2008-10-21 16:05:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SP SNAR PGOV KCRM
08MADRID1123	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, OCT. 20-24 [...] (SBU) The hot topic for much of this week has been President Zapatero's failure to be invited to the upcoming global financial summit and GOS efforts to secure an invitation (ref A). Media reported October 24 that the government is reaching out "in every direction to the entire world at all [...]	2008-10-24 15:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL TSPA SP
08MADRID1141	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, OCT. 27-31 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-03 07:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB KIPR SP
08MADRID1189	MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE - NOV 1-7 [...] (U) On November 4, the Ministry of Labor released statistics showing an increase of 192,658 registered unemployed workers for the month of October, the sharpest month-to-month increase ever recorded. This brings the total of unemployed to over 2.8 million, with immigrants especially affected. [...]	2008-11-07 16:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG KIPR SP EPET
08MADRID1205	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 10-14 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 17:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG EPET SP
08MADRID1226	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 17-21 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 08:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET SP SCUL
08MADRID1251	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) FAS Counselor delivered reftel points on November 26 to Santiago Menendez, Under Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Rural Development and Marine Affairs (which includes Agriculture). 2, (U) ESTHOff also delivered reftel points on November 25 to Enrique Yturriaga Saldanha, Subdir [...]	2008-11-26 15:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV SP
08MADRID1257	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 21-28 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 16:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EPET KIPR SP
08MADRID1277	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD VISIT TO SPAIN DEC. [...] (SBU) Embassy Madrid welcomes your visit. The Spaniards you meet will be eager to share their assessment of financial developments, Latin American issues, and bilateral relations. Our elections were closely followed here, and a strong atmosphere of goodwill and optimism has emerged for incre [...]	2008-12-04 11:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OREP PREL SP
08MADRID1289	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, DEC. 1-5 [...] (U) According to the EU's Eurostat, Spain's unemployment rate for the month of October reached 12.8 percent, giving the country the highest rate in the EU for the 6th month running. Second Vice President and Minister of Economy Pedro Solbes has noted that unemployment is the primary concern of [...]	2008-12-09 07:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB SP
08MADRID1309	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, DEC 9-12 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 11:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG SP
08MADRID1339	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, DEC 13-19 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 15:15:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB SP
08MADRID1365	ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND [...] (U) Econoff spoke with Carmen Molina, Director of Human Resources at the UN's World Tourism Organization (WTO),on December 30 to request the reftel budgetary and personnel information. As in prior years, Molina expressed regret that she was unable to provide the information requested since th [...]	2008-12-30 13:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APECO APER ECON KUNR OCED POL UN UNESCO
08MADRID137	SPAIN: CHARGE DISCUSSES IPR, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, [...] (C) In a February 7 meeting with Spanish Secretary of State for Justice Julio Perez-Hernandez (Deputy Justice Minister equivalent) that focused primarily on our pending request to extradite alleged Syrian arms dealer Monzer Al-Kassar (SEPTEL),the Charge also raised USG concerns on intellectua [...]	2008-02-11 08:46:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KOCI KIPR ETRD ECON KIRF KJAN CVIS
08MADRID143	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - FEBRUARY [...] (U) Registered unemployment rose by 132,000, or 6.2 percent, in January, the largest one-month increase in the 21 years that records have been kept in their current form. The month's increase was primarily concentrated in temporary employment, but the permanent sector is likely to be affected [...]	2008-02-11 17:02:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ELTN ENRG ETRD
08MADRID171	THE ECONOMY'S IMPACT ON THE ELECTIONS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Growing concern about the economy is getting a lot of attention as a possible factor in the March 9 elections. It would only require a shift of two or three points to move the election one w [...]	2008-02-15 11:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SP
08MADRID179	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - FEBRUARY [...] (U) Speaking to an overflow audience at a February 15 event, Trichet argued for further structural reform in the Eurozone, citing particularly the need for more flexibility in the labor, products and services markets. He argued strongly that price stability was not inconsistent with job creat [...]	2008-02-15 18:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG KFRD SCUL SENV
08MADRID180	SPAIN: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL, Embassy Madrid's Counterterrorism Working Group has collectively taken inventory of Spain's critical infrastructure and key resources and does not believe that the country possesses any CI/KR that, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, would have an immediate and deleterious [...]	2008-02-19 09:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EAGER EFIN
08MADRID211	SPECIAL 301 SPAIN RECOMMENDATION [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. It is not repeat not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy requests Washington agencies to consider an out-of-cycle review for Spain in October 2008. On March 9, parliamentary elections will be held in Spain and a new government [...]	2008-02-25 17:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR SP
08MADRID212	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - FEBRUARY [...] (U) Second Vice President and Economy Minister Pedro Solbes debated Madrid PP parliamentary candidate Manuel Pizarro, who has the prestigious position of being number two on the Madrid list behind party leader Mariano Rajoy, on 2/21/08 on the Antenna 3 TV station. The debate lasted an hour an [...]	2008-02-25 17:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EFIS EIND EINV ENRG SENV
08MADRID236	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - FEBRUARY [...] (U) More evidence of the slowdown in housing came with the announcement that 32 percent fewer mortgages were issued in December 2007 than in December 2006. The average value of mortgages issued in the month also declined, by 2 percent to 144,000 euros, but it is not clear whether that represen [...]	2008-03-03 12:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EWWT PTER SP
08MADRID285	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with Secretary of State for Economy David Vegara on March 6. Kimmitt expressed his confidence in the underlying strength of the U.S. economy. Both agreed that accounting rules would be very important for dealing with issues surrounding the p [...]	2008-03-10 09:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV KTFN SP IR
08MADRID286	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: On March 5, visiting Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt, accompanied by DCM, discussed with Bank of SIPDIS Spain (central bank) Deputy Governor Jose Vinals the U.S. and Spanish economic situations, sovereign wealth funds, and Iran. The Deputy Secretary said that the U.S. econom [...]	2008-03-10 09:53:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KTFN IR SP
08MADRID287	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE MARCH 1-7 [...] (U) The ICD came to an agreement with troubled real estate construction company Colonial owners Luis Portillo and Luis Nozaleda on 3/4/08. The Dubai fund will buy Colonial's bricks and mortar real estate assets and will end up paying something between euros 1.9 billion and 2.1 billion, i.e., [...]	2008-03-10 10:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENIV ENRG ETRD KIPR SP
08MADRID293	EMBASSY COMMENTS ON GOS SPECIAL 301 OBSERVATIONS [...] Summary: The Embassy offers the following review of the Spanish government's observations (ref A) on the International Intellectual Property Alliance's (IIPA) Special 301 recommendation for Spain. Our review is keyed to the Spanish document. Our assessment (ref B) of Spain's copyright-related [...]	2008-03-11 12:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR SP
08MADRID294	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt, accompanied by DCM, met with Spanish Secretary of State for Security Camacho March 6. Camacho outlined the GOS' views of the threat from Islamic terrorism and emphasized the importance of exchanging information. He suggested the creation of a task for [...]	2008-03-11 13:18:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	ECON EFIN KTFN SP IR
08MADRID308	IRANIAN TIES OF SPANISH BANKS SANTANDER AND [...] (S/NF) Summary. The Bank of Spain, Spain's central bank, provided to post on March 7 a document summarizing activities that Bank Santander and Bank Sabadell have had or still have with Iran. The document is based on information the Bank of Spain received from the two banks on March 6 in response to [...]	2008-03-12 17:36:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PTER PREL IR SP
08MADRID317	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE MARCH 10-14 [...] (U) Two days after the elections, Second Vice President and Finance Minister Solbes told reporters that (GOS) analysts were now predicting 2008 GDP growth of between 2.5 and 2.7 percent. This is well below the 3.1 percent figure Solbes had cited earlier and much closer to other forecasts. The [...]	2008-03-14 15:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ELAB ENRG KIPR SENV SP
08MADRID347	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director for Multilateral Economic Relations Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde. Econoff explained that while the US strongly supports enhanced OECD engagement with China, the US does not/not support China's proposal for an MOU to essentially restri [...]	2008-03-19 15:00:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON CMGT TW OECD SP
08MADRID366	NON-PAPERS DELIVERED REGARDING UNSCR 1803 AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 11:00:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	ECON EFIN ETRD KNNP PREL PGOV MNUC IR SP
08MADRID370	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - MARCH [...] ECON/EFIN: 2008 Economic Growth Forecast at 2.5 Percent 2. ECON/EFIN: Budget Surplus Declines 3. EIND: Housing Sales Decline Continues 4. ECON/EFIN: Catalan Economy Minister Concerned About U.S., Global Woes 5. ELTN: Emboffs Meet with Rail Security Lead 6. ENRG: Renewable Electricity Cos [...]	2008-03-28 19:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ELTN ENRG EPET
08MADRID373	IMMIGRATION IN SPAIN: THE END OF EL DORADO? [...] (U) Summary. According to several Spanish sources, Spain in recent years has received the second largest number of immigrants in the world after the U.S. During Spain's construction boom, this labor influx proved to be an important asset. However, as Spain's economy slows, and unemployment [...]	2008-03-31 06:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SP ELAB ECON PGOV
08MADRID393	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - MARCH 31 [...] ECON: Business activity declining 2. SOCI/ECON: Call for immigrants 3. ECON: Ex-Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro to coordinate PP economic policy 4. EIND: National Competition Authority (CNC) to open investigation into egg, bread, chicken industries 5. ECON/EFIN: Madrid Autonomous Commu [...]	2008-04-07 15:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG EPET SOCI SP
08MADRID395	SPAIN COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL [...] (C) On April 4, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to MFA's Deputy Director General for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Ignacio Sanchez de Lerin Garcia Ovies who indicated that Spain would continue to carefully implement the travel ban and restrictions on individuals designated under UNSCRS 1 [...]	2008-04-08 11:42:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP IR UNSC SP ECON
08MADRID407	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE APRIL 5-11 [...] ECON/PGOV: Zapatero Announces Economic Measures During Investiture Debate 3. ECON: IMF, BBVA Revise Growth Projections Down, Economy Top Concern. 4. ECON/EFIN: Housing Downturn Continues to Hit Construction, Real Estate 5. ECON: Per Capita GDP Still Below Italy's After All 6. ECON/ELTN: [...]	2008-04-11 14:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELTN PGOV SENV SP
08MADRID43	MANUEL PIZARRO TO RUN AS MARIANO RAJOY'S NUMBER [...] The opposition conservative PP leader, Mariano Rajoy, announced on 1/15/08 that the former head of energy utility Endesa, Manuel Pizarro, would occupy the number two spot on the PP's Madrid parliamentary list. Rajoy has the number one spot on the list. Should the PP win, Pizarro would likely [...]	2008-01-16 12:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SP
08MADRID430	ROSALINI CASE UPDATE - CRIMINAL CASE DROPPED [...] AmCit Dugan Rosalini's Barcelona lawyer, David Aineto Trabal (of the firm AEQIO ADVOCATS),told the Embassy on 4/13/08 that the Spanish private party involved in the case has decided not to press criminal charges against Rosalini. According to the lawyer, the possibility that Rosalini could be [...]	2008-04-16 15:28:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP CASC ECON SP
08MADRID443	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE APRIL 14 - 18 [...] ECON: Euros 10 billion fiscal stimulus package announced and approved 2. ECON/EFIN: Solbes insists he is in charge of the economy 3. SENV: Drought leads to "Water War" 5. KNNP: Nuclear accident cover-up sparks controversy 7. ECON/EFIN: Caja Madrid buys Florida bank 8. EPET: REPSOL stake [...]	2008-04-21 08:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EPET KIPR KNNP PGOV SENV SP
08MADRID465	POST PRESSES GOS ON IRAN FINANCIAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador pressed the head of Spain's Export Credit Insurance Company (CESCE) on 4/21/08 to limit export credit guarantees to Iran. Separately, EconOff met on 4/21/08 with a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official to discuss Spain's views on Iran sanctions. The MFA offici [...]	2008-04-24 12:37:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV KNNP PREL PGOV MNUC IR SP

08MADRID469	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE APRIL 21 - 25 [...] ELAB: Unemployment increases one full point to 9.6% 2. EFIN: IMF says no more room for additional fiscal stimulus 3. EFIN: Banks returning to capital markets 4. EFIN: 198 suspected of tax evasion via Liechtenstein 5. EINV/ECPS: "Everyone expects the Spanish telecoms acquisition" 6. EAIR: [...]	2008-04-25 15:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB KNNP SENV
08MADRID47	UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCHES UP, IMMIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Summary. As unemployment rates begin to inch up, voters have yet another reason to worry about the future of the economy. Spain's unemployment rate hovers at a little over 8 percent (low by historical standards) with immigrants and young workers being the most vulnerable to losses. Alth [...]	2008-01-17 17:54:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL SP
08MADRID489	SURVEY: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL [...] Summary: Rising food prices are a sensitive political issue in Spain. The opposition conservative Popular Party (PP) criticized the ruling Spanish Socialist Party (socialist PSOE) party in the run-up to the March 9 elections for double digit increases in prices of some basic foods. The conse [...]	2008-04-30 11:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL TBIO
08MADRID499	TREASURY A/S LOWERY MEETING WITH SPANISH SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: Spanish Secretary of State for the Economy Vegara told Assistant Secretary Lowery that he expected Spanish growth rates to fall below two percent as a result of the housing slump, which had been complicated by international credit market difficulties. He cited as helpful the gove [...]	2008-05-07 06:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SP
08MADRID503	FINCEN DIRECTOR, SPANISH OFFICIALS DISCUSS MONEY [...] (U) This cable has been cleared by FinCEN Director Jim Freis. 2. (C/NF) Summary. During a visit to Madrid April 23-24, Department of Treasury FinCEN Director Jim Freis met with Spanish government officials involved in anti-money laundering and counter terrorism finance (AML-CTF) activitie [...]	2008-05-09 07:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SP ECON EFIN KTFN
08MADRID525	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE APRIL 28 - [...] (U) According to recently released Ministry of Labor statistics, the number of unemployed workers in Spain rose in April by 37,542, bringing the total number to over 2.3 million. What is significant about the April increase is that typically April is a seasonally dynamic month in Spain, and h [...]	2008-05-12 10:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG SP
08MADRID53	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - JANUARY [...] (U) The FT's January 14 lead editorial is titled "Spain feels the credit squeeze pain: Europe's economic success story may be about to unravel." The editorial focuses on December's bad inflation numbers, falling housing prices and rising unemployment. The FT recommends that the GOS avoid ge [...]	2008-01-18 20:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN ETTC KIPR SENV SOCI TBIO SP
08MADRID538	HOUSING MARKET SLUMP CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary. Spain's housing market slowdown was long predicted but is proving more severe than most local analysts had anticipated. An oversupply of newly-built properties coupled with decreased demand has resulted in a glut of unsold homes. Because of this, real estate developers are fin [...]	2008-05-14 08:45:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL SP
08MADRID547	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE MAY 12 - MAY [...] (U) Felipe Gonzalez and Rodrigo Rato, speaking at a conference of Repsol directors, agreed that the current economic slump has not yet hit bottom, but both expected that it would be relatively short-lived. Former PP Economy Minister and IMF Managing Director Rato said businesses should get us [...]	2008-05-19 10:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV KGHG SENV SP
08MADRID56	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - JANUARY [...] (U) The FT,s Leslie Crawford says: International financial gridlock has destroyed the country,s recent bout of economic euphoria. The article describes December,s bad inflation and unemployment numbers, the international credit squeeze, lower growth estimates and signs of falling house prices [...]	2008-01-22 08:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET SCUL SOCI FR SP
08MADRID564	DEMARCHED DELIVERD ON U.S.CANDIDATE FOR FAO/WHO [...] (U) AgCouns delivered on 5/20/08 reftel demarche to Minister of Environment, Rural Development and Marine Affairs Chief of Staff Manuel Rossi. Rossi expressed interest in Dr. Karen Hulebak's qualifications but had no information at this time on who Spain will vote for. Aguirre [...]	2008-05-22 16:05:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO SP
08MADRID583	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE MAY 19 - MAY [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 15:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV KGHG SENV SP
08MADRID616	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE MAY 26 - MAY [...] (U) The official estimate for May consumer price inflation reached 4.7%, the highest rate since the index began in 1997. Separately, April's industrial price index was 7.2% above its April 2006 level, the highest inflation rate since mid-1995. Increases in the prices of oil and to a lesser e [...]	2008-06-02 10:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG KIPR SENV SP
08MADRID64	CIVAIR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON VIOLATION OF FEDERAL [...] On January 18, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Santiago Quiros, Case Officer from the Ministry of Infrastructure's Civil Aviation Directorate. Econoff informed Quiros that in August 2007, potential Spanish citizen Jose Munoz allegedly violated U.S. federal aviation regulations by smoking [...]	2008-01-23 08:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR SP ECON
08MADRID641	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AGRICULTURAL UPDATE [...] (U) During a June 4 congressional hearing, President Zapatero faced heavy criticism from opposition leaders regarding Spain's weakening economy. During this hearing, opposition Partido Popular leader Rajoy highlighted a waning economy and loss of confidence by businesses and families, and he [...]	2008-06-09 01:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELTN ENRG KIPR
08MADRID643	TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION DELIVERED TO [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel pre-notification on June 6 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate of Counter-Terrorism officer Ivo Pascual. Pascual expressed appreciation for the information and advance notice concerning the USG's intention to submit to the UNSCR 1267 committee a list of [...]	2008-06-09 16:20:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	AINR ECON EFIN PINR PREL PTER SP KTFN PK
08MADRID671	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE JUNE 9 - JUNE [...] (U) The combination of various strikes in Spain, primarily led by independent truckers and fishermen, have led to notable shortages in fresh produce and a potential shortage in medical supplies nationwide. Store owners reported June 12 that supplies of fresh fish and vegetables were extremely [...]	2008-06-13 12:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ELAB ENRG SOCI SP
08MADRID672	SPAIN TRUCKERS' STRIKES WINDING DOWN [...] (U) Summary. A strike by truckers that began on June 9 enters its fifth day amidst a standoff between the Ministry of Public Works and the two main unions behind the strike (Confedetrans and Fenadismer),which represent about 20 percent of truckers. The strike led to diesel and food shortages [...]	2008-06-13 12:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SP EPET ENRG PREL
08MADRID692	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JUNE 14-20 [...] (U) After suspending last week,s disruptive truckers, strike, independent truckers, groups also cancelled a Madrid demonstration scheduled for June 18, ostensibly due to security concerns. Demonstrations, however, continue within other sectors affected by high fuel prices. Over 10,000 member [...]	2008-06-24 08:45:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD EWWT PTER
08MADRID707	ZAPATERO ANNOUNCES MEASURES TO ADDRESS ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On June 23, President Zapatero acknowledged the economy's rapid deceleration, said growth in 2008 would be below 2 percent but would start to recover in the second half of 2009, and announced 21 reforms. The measures include spending cuts that are being perceived as an atte [...]	2008-06-25 17:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PREL SP
08MADRID715	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JUNE 21-25 [...] (U) Second Vice President and Finance Minister Pedro Solbes said on June 24 that the freeze in government salaries of high officials announced as one of the 21 measures in the June 23 package would have more of a &psychological8 than macroeconomic impact. Sources in his ministry also report [...]	2008-06-30 08:36:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAGR ECON EIND EINV ENRG PGOV SP
08MADRID739	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JUNE 30 - [...] (U) President Zapatero argued on July 2 before parliament that although Spain was confronting economic difficulties, the economy was well equipped to overcome what he characterized as the effects of the international slowdown. Zapatero's comments seemed to gloss over the seriousness of the hou [...]	2008-07-03 15:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ENRG PGOV SENV TBIO SP
08MADRID746	SPAIN SUPPORTS GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS CONCEPT [...] (C) As per reftel request, Econoff conveyed the Global Maritime Partnerships concept to Alberto de la Calle from MFA's Foreign Policy Directorate as well as to Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde, Deputy Director for Economic, Maritime, and Aviation issues. Both directorates represent Spain on issues [...]	2008-07-07 14:59:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON EFIN MASS MCAP MOPS PINS PHSA PREL
08MADRID757	TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. Your presence provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce our message on Iran financial sanctions with both government and private sector representatives. (Note: Your schedule has been sent via e-mail to staff.) You will also have an oppo [...]	2008-07-10 09:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETC ETTC ETRD KTFN PREL PARM
08MADRID764	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JULY 7 - [...] (U) The Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),Angel Gurria, said there is an economic "crisis" in Spain on July 4. He added that the economy would not be "normalized" until 2010 (Note. This latter points tracks with the Spanish government's view [...]	2008-07-11 13:26:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ENRG PGOV PTER SP
08MADRID767	POLICE CONFISCATE ABOUT EUROS 20 MILLION IN FAKE [...] (U) On June 25, the Spanish National Police (SNP) arrested four individuals based in Barcelona and Valencia. The police suspect the four arrestees of trafficking in fake shirts, pants, belts, watches and eyewear, principally made in China, although some of the merchandise also came from India. [...]	2008-07-14 16:23:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR SP
08MADRID77	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - JANUARY 21 [...] (U) Spain's Ibex-35 stock index rose by a relatively minor 0.3 percent on Friday to bring the net decline in a very volatile week to 3.8 percent. The index fell 7.5 percent on Monday, rose 1.7 percent on Tuesday, fell 4.6 percent on Wednesday and jumped a one-day record 7 percent on Thursday. [...]	2008-01-28 12:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD SP
08MADRID793	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JULY 14 - [...] (U) The IMF maintained its 2008 growth forecast for Spain at 1.8 percent. Growth for the euro zone is estimated at 1.7 percent. However, for 2009 the IMF has revised downwards its growth forecast for Spain by half a percentage point - it estimates Spanish growth will be 1.2 percent. The Fund [...]	2008-07-18 14:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV SP
08MADRID794	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SECOND VICE PRESIDENT AND [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Second Vice President and Finance Minister Pedro Solbes on 7/17/08. The minister acknowledged the serious economic difficulties that Spain was facing. He said that he would review the issue of granting the same tax benefits to religious denominations such as the Mor [...]	2008-07-18 15:47:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PTER SP
08MADRID8	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - DECEMBER [...] (U) "The economy hounds the socialists only two months before the elections" is the January 4th El Pais headline, a stinging statement coming from the largely pro-government daily, Spain's newspaper of record. December's 4.3% inflation rate (annualized) and a 5.5% increase in unemployment gav [...]	2008-01-04 19:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ELTN KIPR PGOV TBIO SP
08MADRID825	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JULY 21-24 [...] (U) Spain's official statistics agency (INE) released data showing that Spain's unemployment rate had risen to 10.4% in the year's second quarter, a significant jump from 9.6% the prior quarter. Since undergoing a severe housing downturn beginning 2007, Spain has experienced rapid increases in [...]	2008-07-24 16:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG EPET SP
08MADRID828	TENSIONS SPARK OVER REVENUE SHARING FOR AUTONOMOUS [...] (SBU) Summary. Efforts to revise an outdated revenue sharing model has sparked tensions between Spain's autonomous communities and are testing President Zapatero's loyalty to the Catalan Socialist party as it pushes for more financial autonomy and resources. The Catalan community government [...]	2008-07-24 17:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	SP PGOV PREL EFIN ECON
08MADRID836	IRAN FOCUS OF TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY TRIP [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Under Secretary Stuart A. Levey, accompanied by Chief of Staff Christy Clark and Policy Advisor DeAnna Fernandez, traveled to Madrid, Spain July 15-17, 2008 to press for Spanish support for implementation of UNSCR 1803 per the EU-3 1 proposal and to provide information on the [...]	2008-07-28 16:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PTER IR SP
08MADRID84	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - JANUARY 21 [...] (U) Spain's Ibex-35 stock index rose by a relatively minor 0.3 percent on Friday to bring the net decline in a very volatile week to 3.8 percent. The index fell 7.5 percent on Monday, rose 1.7 percent on Tuesday, fell 4.6 percent on Wednesday and jumped a one-day record 7 percent on Thursday. [...]	2008-01-28 14:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD SP
08MADRID843	SPAIN: INTERNET SURVEY PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: After consulting with rights-holders, the Embassy has identified seven main websites as most likely to be used for the purpose of uploading and/or downloading copyrighted materials considering accessibility, ease of download, and anonymity. Based on what we have found, it is f [...]	2008-07-29 13:05:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS KIPR SP UK
08MADRID844	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Laura Martinez from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Directorate of Counter-Terrorism. Econoff explained that the USG had designated an additional 11 Iranian entities and individuals on July 8, and passed along to Martinez background on these entitie [...]	2008-07-29 14:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SP PTER KNNP EFIN PARM IR
08MADRID859	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE, JULY [...] (U) The Bank of Spain announced July 30 that the economy grew only 0.1% from the first to the second quarter of 2008, down from 0.3% growth in the first quarter. The economy has grown 1.8% since the second quarter of 2007. The bank said the adjustment in the year,s first half -- particularly [...]	2008-08-04 10:56:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EINV ELAB ENRG KGHG SP
08MADRID879	MADRID ECONOMIC/COMMERCIAL WEEKLY AUGUST 4-8 [...] (U) Spain,s National Institute of Statistics (INE) released data August 5 showing that industrial output (mining and manufacturing) for the month of June was down by 9 percent from June 2007. This data is compounded by additional unfavorable economic news including unemployment increases for [...]	2008-08-08 11:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV PTER SP
08MADRID895	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE AUGUST 11-14 [...] (U) President Zapatero and economic ministers met on August 13 in a special session to discuss the economy and the impact of previous GOS stimulus measures and to propose new measures to address the slowdown. During the meeting, Second Vice President and Minister of Economy Pedro Solbes presen [...]	2008-08-14 15:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EC ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET PGOV SP
08MADRID90	SPAIN: ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-30 07:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER ECON KUNR OECD POLUN APECO UNESCO SP
08MADRID921	MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE - AUGUST 18-22 [...] (U) On August 18, the GOS published the list of measures agreed to in the August 14 extraordinary Council of Ministers session (ref A). The package includes 24 economic stimulus measures and structural reforms to be implemented with a specific timeline in 2009 and 2010. Many of these proposal [...]	2008-08-22 13:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG SP
08MADRID943	MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE -- AUGUST 25-29 [...] (U) The economy's deceleration continues to be reflected in slowing consumer spending. Household spending, which drives two-thirds of the economy, appeared to continue its drop in the summer sales season according to reports from retailers and business associations. Aggressive pricing during [...]	2008-08-29 13:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG PGOV SENV SP
08MADRID963	SPANISH INVESTMENT DISPUTES IN ARGENTINA [...] (U) On September 3, Econoff raised the issue of investment in Argentina with Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin, MFA Deputy Director General for Bilateral Economic Relations with Developing Countries. Alvargonzalez noted that the stock of Spanish investment in Argentina amounts to approximatel [...]	2008-09-05 08:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIDE EINV SP AR
08MADRID972	MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE -- SEPT 2-5 [...] (U) The number of unemployed increased by 103,085 in August, bringing the total number of unemployed to 2.53 million, the highest total since 1998. President Zapatero will appear September 10 in parliament to discuss these and other poor economic indicators and the GOS response. Spain has on [...]	2008-09-08 05:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG SP
08MADRID98	CODEL MARTINEZ JANUARY 10-11 VISIT TO MADRID [...] (U) Summary: Codel Martinez had a busy and productive visit to Madrid January 10-11, 2008, meeting with the Prince of Asturias, Popular Party (PP) presidential candidate Mariano Rajoy, National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana (septel),former President Aznar, Foreign Minister Moratinos (se [...]	2008-02-01 10:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EINV SP
08MADRID985	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY UPDATE, SEPT. 8-12 [...] (U) President Zapatero appeared before the Congress on September 10 to discuss the state of the economy and the GOS, plans for leading Spain out of its economic doldrums. Zapatero acknowledged that the economic situation had worsened since his last parliamentary appearance in July, but remaine [...]	2008-09-15 05:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ELAB SP
08MAJURO82	RMI PRESIDENT BRIEFED ON USAKA TRANSFORMATION [...] SUMMARY: On July 17, USAKA Commander Colonel Stevenson Reed and the Ambassador briefed President Tomeing and his cabinet about the current status of the USAKA transformation plan. The briefing was given to ensure that the GRMI had the most up to date status of the plan before Colonel Ree [...]	2008-07-23 07:05:00	Embassy Majuro	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR ECON RM
08MANAGUA102	PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH ORTEGA POSITIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Thursday, January 17, Worldwide Peace Corps Director Ronald Tschetter, met with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega to provide an overview of Peace Corps programs and activities. Ortega, First Lady Rosario Murillo, and GON ministers displayed interest in, and satisfaction with [...]	2008-01-28 19:57:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM NU
08MANAGUA1032	MASSIVE BLAZE LEVELS HEART OF MANAGUA MARKET, MORE BAD [...] (U) Summary and Introduction. On July 31 a massive fire destroyed over one-third of Managua's Eastern Market, reportedly the largest outdoor dry goods market in Central America. According to media reports, over 1,500 small businesses were destroyed or damaged. Many of these family-owned bus [...]	2008-08-12 22:25:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PREL NU
08MANAGUA1051	NICARAGUA: MIXED RESULTS ON POLICE IPR ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) In 2008, the Nicaraguan National Police is implementing a strategy to improve intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement that includes a public awareness campaign, training for staff, and raids against the producers and distributors of pirated goods. In addition, the police seek bett [...]	2008-08-18 19:30:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR USTR NU
08MANAGUA1052	NICARAGUA: FAMOUS SINGER, FORMER FSLN MEMBER AND RECENT MRS CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT ASSERTS HIS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AGAINST THE FSLN [...] (SBU) Since April, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) has been playing "La Consigna," a well known song of famous Nicaraguan singer, former FSLN member, and recent MRS candidate for vice president, Carlos Mejia Godoy, on radio and television and at rallies promoting the FSLN. Mejia God [...]	2008-08-18 19:54:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR USTR NU
08MANAGUA106	NICARAGUA: GON TO REVIEW PAST PROPERTY CLAIMS DECISIONS [...] (SBU) The December 20 monthly Working Property Group meeting confirmed that the Attorney General plans to reduce the number of outstanding property claims as quickly as possible and that dismissing claims is the preferred method to accomplish this goal. We believe that we further convinced GON [...]	2008-01-28 21:59:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA107	PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH ORTEGA POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Thursday, January 17, Worldwide Peace Corps Director Ronald Tschetter, met with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega to provide an overview of Peace Corps programs and activities. Ortega, First Lady Rosario Murillo, and GON ministers displayed interest in, and satisfaction with [...]	2008-01-28 22:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM NU
08MANAGUA1070	NICARAGUA: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE - BAC NICARAGUA [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Managua supports OPIC's proposal for a $30 million loan to Banco de America Central, S.A. Nicaragua (BAC Nicaragua). We have reviewed the proposal and concluded that there are no reasons why the loan should not proceed. End Summary. Company Standing ---------------- 3. ( [...]	2008-08-20 21:07:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN EAID ECON PGOV PREL NU
08MANAGUA1071	NICARAGUA: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE - FINDESA [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Managua has reviewed OPIC's proposal to include Nicaragua's FINDESA as part of its $54 million loan to the Global Microfinance Facility (GMF). We conclude that there are no reasons why the loan should not proceed. End Summary. Company Standing ---------------- 2. [...]	2008-08-20 21:09:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN EAID ECON PGOV PREL NU
08MANAGUA1084	NICARAGUA: GON RESOLVES SENFELD PROPERTY CASE [...] (SBU) On August 14, U.S. citizen claimant Norman Senfeld signed a settlement document, or "finiquito," for the equivalent of $5 million to resolve his three property claims. Mr. Senfeld will receive a payment of $2.5 million in the form of indemnification bonds (BPIs) at the end of August and [...]	2008-08-21 20:44:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV NU
08MANAGUA1087	NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: JULY 2008 [...] In July 2008, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) resolved six Embassy registered property claims. Four claims were reported during the 2007-2008 waiver period (Refs A,B),while the remainder were resolved this waiver year. The Property Office database now includes 624 unresolved registered pro [...]	2008-08-21 21:19:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA1096	MICROFINANCE CONCERNS DOMINATE ECONOMIC ROUNDTABLE [...] (C) Participants in Ambassador Trivelli's farewell Economic Roundtable on July 29 expressed alarm that President Ortega's rhetoric and economic policies are now showing visible and negative effects on the economy. In particular, Ortega's tirade in July against microfinance institutions (MFIs) [...]	2008-08-22 22:57:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV NU
08MANAGUA1120	NICARAGUA: BILATERAL REVIEW OF SECTION 527 [...] (SBU) In a July 29 letter to Foreign Minister Samuel Santos announcing her decision to grant Nicaragua a Section 527 waiver for 2008, the Secretary included a benchmark that required Nicaragua to participate in a bilateral review to discuss a growing number of issues adversely impacting the res [...]	2008-09-04 17:15:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON NU
08MANAGUA1165	NICARAGUA: FOOD SAFETY MOU DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 23:07:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECIN ECON ETRD NU OSCI TBIO TSPL
08MANAGUA1166	NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: AUGUST 2008 [...] In August 2008, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) resolved three Embassy registered property claims. The Embassy's database now consists of 621 unresolved registered property claims belonging to 296 Amcits. To date, the overwhelming majority of resolutions have involved compensation via gove [...]	2008-09-12 23:13:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA1186	NICARAGUA: GON SAYS IT WILL FOCUS ON CLAIMS UNDER ARMY CONTROL [...] (SBU) During the August 28 monthly Working Group meeting on property issues, GON officials reported the establishment of an "ad hoc" committee to settle claims under the control of the Nicaraguan Army. Econoff urged GON officials to explain how they determine settlement offers. Econoff discus [...]	2008-09-22 15:00:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA1214	NICARAGUA: PROPANE FOR THE PEOPLE [...] (SBU) On September 24, President Ortega declared a state of emergency and announced that the Nicaraguan Government would name an "Intervention Board" to manage propane distributor Tropigas for six months "to address a potential propane shortage." A Tropigas official claimed there is no propane [...]	2008-10-01 17:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PGOV NU
08MANAGUA122	NICARAGUA: SLOWER GROWTH IN TOURISM SECTOR IN 2007 [...] (SBU) The Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR) reported that the tourism industry grew 6% in 2007, down from 2006's 8.6% and did not fulfill industry's expectations. Some industry experts question the veracity of INTUR's data, noting that sales for many tourism entrepreneurs have dropped by an [...]	2008-01-31 16:47:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV NU
08MANAGUA123	NICARAGUA: FY 2008 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH PROPOSAL [...] (U) In response to reftel, Embassy Managua submits the following proposal for FY2008 Biotechnology Outreach Funding. Purpose ------- 2. (U) The purpose of our proposal is to promote the benefits of biotechnology and biofuels technologies to Nicaraguan decision makers, academics, and agri [...]	2008-01-31 17:09:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO ENRG EAGR ETRD SENS ECON KPAO NU
08MANAGUA1242	NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER [...] In September 2008, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not report the resolution of any Embassy registered property claims. There remain 621 unresolved registered property claims belonging to 296 Amcits in the Embassy's data base. On September 25, U.S. citizen Norman Senfeld received the fi [...]	2008-10-10 17:00:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA1243	NICARAGUA: ATTORNEY GENERAL ESTRADA AGREES TO A BILATERAL [...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request in Paragraph 5. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) During the Ambassador's September 30 courtesy call on Attorney General Hernan Estrada, Estrada agreed to conduct a bilateral review of the treatment of claims subject to the Section 527 Foreign Relations A [...]	2008-10-10 17:13:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA1244	NICARAGUA: GON RESISTS MORE TRANSPARENCY IN PROPERTY CLAIMS [...] (SBU) During the October 2 Property Working Group meeting, Econoff urged Government of Nicaragua (GON) officials to provide clear explanations on how they determine settlement offers. Ruth Zapata, head of the Office of Assessment and Indemnification (OCI),was aware of the frustration that som [...]	2008-10-10 19:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA1268	NICARAGUA: RHETORIC VERSUS REALITY [...] (SBU) On September 18, 2008, the Embassy and local business associations hosted the second Nicaraguan Competitiveness Forum, with financial support from the EEB/CBA Business Facilitation and Incentive Fund (BFIF). More than 120 government officials and business leaders attended this event, whi [...]	2008-10-17 22:00:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD NU
08MANAGUA127	NICARAGUA: MCC CEO EMPHASIZES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (C) Summary: On January 22-24, Ambassador John Danilovich, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, visited Nicaragua to inaugurate work on a key road segment of the Pan-American Highway and to hand out clean property titles and rural business development equipment during a public event wi [...]	2008-02-04 14:59:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV ECON EINV NU
08MANAGUA130	2008 SCORECARD - ORTEGA'S CITIZENS' COUNCILS 1, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a legal shell game, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega folded his embattled Citizens' Power Councils (CPCs) into the Council of Economic and Social Planning (Conpes),an existing body which advises the GON on public policy matters, and placed his wife, First Lady Rosario Muril [...]	2008-02-04 21:16:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU
08MANAGUA1306	NICARAGUA: FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel talking points on October 20 to Renee Morales, Director for North America, Ministry of External Relations (MINREX). Morales indicated MINREX is aware of the November conference in Doha and plans to send a representative, though it remains uncertain exactly who wil [...]	2008-10-23 15:50:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ECON ETRD PREL NU
08MANAGUA1317	NICARAGUA: RHETORIC ASIDE, EXPORTS ARE BOOMING [...] (U) President Ortega has criticized CAFTA-DR for creating jobs that are not much more than slave labor, obstructing Central American integration, and failing to address economic asymmetries. Recently, he has called for a comprehensive renegotiation of the agreement. Nonetheless, Nicaraguans ar [...]	2008-10-28 14:37:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV NU
08MANAGUA1331	NICARAGUA: TOURISM OFFICIAL PAINTS A ROSY PICTURE [...] (SBU) Mario Salinas, President of the Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR),predicted that the tourism industry will grow 11% in 2008, which would be higher than the 6% growth rate in 2007. To ensure this growth, INTUR, the GON's tourism promotion agency, is participating in more international [...]	2008-10-31 21:52:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ECON NU
08MANAGUA1352	NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: OCTOBER 2008 [...] In October 2008, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) resolved four Embassy registered property claims, including one under the control of the National Police. The Embassy's database now consists of 617 unresolved registered property claims belonging to 294 Amcits. To date, the overwhelming majo [...]	2008-11-05 14:19:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA1354	NICARAGUA: SOLAR WOMEN OF TOTOGALPA WIN SEED AWARD [...] (U) Summary: A Nicaraguan project to launch a cooperative business producing and marketing products such as solar cookers and photovoltaic panels made from recycled solar panels was one of five winning projects worldwide in the 2008 Supporting Entrepreneurs for Sustainable Development (SEED) c [...]	2008-11-05 17:10:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID ECON KSCA NU
08MANAGUA1370	NICARAGUA: GON FOCUSED ON MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS INSTEAD OF [...] (SBU) During the October 30 Property Working Group meeting, Ruth Zapata, head of the Office of Assessment and Indemnification (OCI),said that she and her colleagues were focused on issuing local property titles rather than resolving claims. Zapata stated that some U.S. citizen claims require [...]	2008-11-12 17:16:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA1374	NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FREE TRADE ZONE [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met General (retired) Alvaro Baltodano on November 3 to get acquainted and encourage bilateral cooperation on bilateral trade and investment. Baltodano assured the Ambassador that Nicaragua would participate in the "Pathways to Prosperity" meeting to be held in Pan [...]	2008-11-12 21:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL NU
08MANAGUA1381	NICARAGUA: INFLATION: A GATHERING STORM [...] (C) Summary. The rate of inflation in Nicaragua is the highest in Central America and the second-highest in Latin America. High petroleum and food prices, and off-budget cash inflows from Venezuela appear to be the main causes. The steep rise in food prices disproportionately affects the po [...]	2008-11-13 21:33:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD NU PGOV PREL
08MANAGUA1390	NICARAGUA: INPUT FOR THE 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The U.S. goods trade deficit with Nicaragua was $713 million in 2007, a decrease of $61 million from $774 million in 2006. U.S. goods exports in 2007 were $890 million, up 18.5 percent from the previous year. U.S. imports from Nicaragua were $1.6 billion, up 5.1 percent over the correspondin [...]	2008-11-18 17:24:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON EAGR EFIN ECPS SOCI TBIO NU
08MANAGUA1396	NICARAGUA: ECONOMIC ROUNDTABLE TALKS GLOBAL [...] (C) Summary. Private sector leaders and economists at the Ambassador's inaugural economic roundtable on November 4 focused on the impact of the global financial crisis and the November 9 municipal elections. The main impact of the global financial crisis in Nicaragua appears to be more expe [...]	2008-11-18 20:58:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD NU PGOV PREL
08MANAGUA1409	NICARAGUA: PRIVATE SECTOR SUBDUED ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) When authorities announced preliminary municipal election results on November 10, business leaders initially called for a recount in Managua and other municipalities where parties in opposition to the FSLN alleged electoral fraud. Since then, the private sector has avoided a public role i [...]	2008-11-20 19:54:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PREL NU
08MANAGUA1414	NICARAGUA: ATTORNEY GENERAL ESTRADA [...] (C) Summary: Attorney General Hernan Estrada is the Government of Nicaragua's (GON) lawyer and a close advisor to President Daniel Ortega. While Estrada is known to us as the point person on U.S. citizen property claims, he also is the lead government official on protecting the assets and natu [...]	2008-11-24 16:15:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN EIND ECON ENRG EU
08MANAGUA1423	NICARAGUA: GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURE AND FOOD [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 20:50:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO PGOV NU
08MANAGUA1424	ELECTORAL FRAUD SPARKS IADB APPREHENSIONS [...] (C) Summary. On November 24 the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) Country Representative for Nicaragua called on the Ambassador to share concerns following the Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) manipulation of the November 9 municipal elections. She had received the same mes [...]	2008-11-26 23:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN NU PGOV
08MANAGUA1425	NICARAGUA: ELECTORAL FRAUD SPARKS IADB [...] (C) Summary. On November 24 the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) Country Representative for Nicaragua called on the Ambassador to share concerns following the Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) manipulation of the November 9 municipal elections. She had received the same mes [...]	2008-11-27 00:01:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV NU
08MANAGUA1426	NICARAGUA: ELECTORAL FRAUD SPARKS IADB [...] (C) Summary. On November 24 the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) Country Representative for Nicaragua called on the Ambassador to share concerns following the Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) manipulation of the November 9 municipal elections. She had received the same mes [...]	2008-11-27 00:04:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV NU
08MANAGUA1427	NICARAGUA: FINLAND CUTS BUDGET SUPPORT [...] (U) On October 22, the Embassy of Finland announced an end to its $2.5 million annual assistance to the national budget of Nicaragua. Finland is now the fourth country to withdraw direct budget assistance, after Germany, Sweden, and Great Britain. The Budget Support Group (BSG),a group of five [...]	2008-11-28 12:56:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL NU
08MANAGUA1436	NICARAGUA: ORTEGA SAYS VENEZUELAN ASSISTANCE TO [...] (SBU) In reaction to MCC's announcement to freeze disbursements and review its program, President Ortega said on December 1 that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had promised to provide funds to continue the implementation of MCC programs if they are canceled. Ortega claimed that U.S. assista [...]	2008-12-03 15:27:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL KMCA NU
08MANAGUA1437	NICARAGUA: GOVERNMENT CLAIMS ALBA FUNDS AS MUCH AS [...] (C) FSLN officials claim that from January to September 2008, Nicaragua imported $600 million worth of petroleum products through Venezuelan - Nicaraguan joint venture ALBANISA, providing $300 million for development funds. During the last quarter of 2008, the scheme may have earned Nicaragua [...]	2008-12-03 15:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL NU
08MANAGUA1440	NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: NOVEMBER 2008 [...] In November 2008, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) resolved one Embassy registered property claim. The Embassy's database now consists of 616 unresolved registered property claims belonging to 293 Amcits. To date, the overwhelming majority of resolutions have involved compensation via government-i [...]	2008-12-03 20:15:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA1441	NICARAGUA: GON PREPARES FOR BILATERAL PROPERTY CLAIMS [...] (SBU) During the November 26 Property Working Group meeting, Ruth Zapata, Head of the Office of Assessment and Indemnification (OCI),said that she and her colleagues were looking forward to the bilateral review to clarify issues of concern to the USG and GON. Jeanette Garcia, President of the [...]	2008-12-03 20:25:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA1442	NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: NOVEMBER 2008 [...] In November 2008, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) resolved one Embassy registered property claim. The Embassy's database now consists of 616 unresolved registered property claims belonging to 293 Amcits. To date, the overwhelming majority of resolutions have involved compensation via government-i [...]	2008-12-03 21:37:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA1444	NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: NOVEMBER 2008 [...] In November 2008, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) resolved one Embassy registered property claim. The Embassy's database now consists of 616 unresolved registered property claims belonging to 293 Amcits. To date, the overwhelming majority of resolutions have involved compensation via government-i [...]	2008-12-04 13:41:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA1445	NICARAGUA: GON PREPARES FOR BILATERAL PROPERTY CLAIMS [...] (SBU) During the November 26 Property Working Group meeting, Ruth Zapata, Head of the Office of Assessment and Indemnification (OCI),said that she and her colleagues were looking forward to the bilateral review to clarify issues of concern to the USG and GON. Jeanette Garcia, President of the [...]	2008-12-04 13:42:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
08MANAGUA1448	NICARAGUA AVIATION UPDATE - AIRLINES TSA [...] (C) Summary: The security situation at Managua,s Augusto C. Sandino International Airport is mixed. From October 20 to 24, 2008, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) conducted a successful inspection of airlines and cargo carriers that fly directly from Sandino International Airpo [...]	2008-12-04 15:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAIR ECON PTER NU
08MANAGUA1489	NICARAGUA: EUROPEAN BUDGET DONORS IN HOLDING [...] (C) Summary: European donors to Nicaragua's national budget (at both the EU and Member State level) are seriously examining their assistance to Nicaragua in large part as a result of the fraud perpetrated by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) during the November 9 municipal elect [...]	2008-12-12 23:07:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN NU PGOV
08MANAGUA1490	NICARAGUA: RELATIONS WITH CUBA CLOSER UNDER ORTEGA [...] (C) Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's association with the Cuban regime spans several decades. Since Ortega returned to power in January 2007, Nicaragua has re-established very close relations with Cuba, especially through common membership in the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (A [...]	2008-12-15 15:10:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL ECON CU NU
08MANAGUA1492	NICARAGUA: IMF REP PREDICTS GLOOMY 2009 [...] (C) Summary. The IMF's Resident Representative in Nicaragua, Humberto Arbulu, told the Ambassador on December 10 that the GON faces a very difficult 2009, and that the Fund had recently downgraded the country's economic growth forecast from 4% to 2%. The December 4-5 IMF review of Nicaraguan [...]	2008-12-15 17:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN NU PGOV
08MANAGUA1499	NICARAGUA RESTORES MARKET ACCESS TO U.S. CATTLE, [...] (U) On December 9, 2008, representatives of Nicaragua's Ministry of Agriculture (MAGFOR) informed post's USDA rep that Nicaragua had overturned its 2004 ban on the importation of U.S. live cattle, sheep and goats, consistent with the 2007 recommendation of the World Organization for Animal He [...]	2008-12-16 19:49:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETTC EAGR NU

08MANAGUA1546	NICARAGUA: GON PROMISES BETTER COOPERATION ON ADVANCING [...] (SBU) During the December 11-12 bilateral review of the Government of Nicaragua's (GON) property claims resolution process, Attorney General Hernan Estrada acknowledged that while the U.S. Government (USG) would not accept dismissals of U.S. citizen claims without a fair and transparent appeals [...]	2008-12-31 17:44:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU

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